Resources Related to Health Coverage and Hurricane Katrina
Health Care and Hurricane Katrina
As part of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s commitment to help respond to the devastation from Hurricane Katrina, you will find resources related to an ongoing effort to monitor and study the health coverage and needs of the victims. Check back frequently in the coming months for the latest updates.
Recent Resources
Testimony—Health Care In New Orleans: Progress and Remaining Challenges
New Orleans Three Years After the Storm: The Second Kaiser Post-Katrina Survey, 2008
Low-Income Adults in New Orleans in 2008: Who Are They and How Are They Faring?
Pulling It Together, by Drew Altman: A Recovery Raises Expectations Too
Testimony- Diane Rowland before Congress about Health Challenges for the People of New Orleans
Surveys
Young Adults and the Future of New Orleans – Times Picayune Op-ed
Survey Brief – The Future of New Orleans: Young Adults in the Greater New Orleans Area
Health Challenges for the People of New Orleans: Further Analysis of Kaiser Baseline Survey
Giving Voice to the People of New Orleans: The Kaiser Post-Katrina Baseline Survey
The Washington Post, Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard School of Public Health Survey of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees.
American Journal of Public Health article on survey findings. [Free Access]
The Public’s Views on the Response to Hurricane Katrina: Chartpack Toplines
Survivor Experiences
Voices of the Storm: Health Experiences of Low-Income Katrina Survivors
Voices of the Storm: Health Care After Katrina — video and extended interviews [Updated]
The Washington Post, Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard School of Public Health Survey of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees.
Health Coverage
Health Affairs Article: Health Care in New Orleans Before and After Hurricane Katrina
A Pre-Katrina Look At the Health Care Delivery System For Low-Income People In New Orleans
Displaced by Hurricane Katrina: Issues and Options for Medicare Beneficiaries
A Comparison of the Seventeen Approved Katrina Waivers
Webcast and transcript from the AHCJ Annual National Conference session, Katrina Health Impacts [March 18, 2006]
Podcast (downloadable audio file) and transcript from Reporter Teleconference Briefing on Health Coverage After Katrina [September 9, 2005]
– Speakers: Ruth Kennedy, Medicaid deputy director of Louisiana, Barbara Edwards, deputy director, Ohio Department of Health & Human Services, Jeanne Lambrew, associate professor, George Washington University, and Diane Rowland, executive vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation and executive director of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured.
Alliance for Health Reform and Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured briefing webcast, Safeguarding the Health of Katrina’s Victims [September 12, 2005]
– Speakers include: Surgeon General Richard Carmona, Ray Scheppach of the National Governors Association, Jim Tallon of the United Hospital Fund, and Senator Bill Frist.
Policy Brief – Addressing the Health Care Impact of Hurricane Katrina
New York’s Disaster Relief Medicaid: Insights and Implications for Covering Low-Income People
State Facts
Key Facts – Louisiana and the U.S.
Key Facts – Mississippi and the U.S.
Key Facts – Alabama and the U.S.
Key Facts – States Most Affected by Hurricane Katrina
Visit statehealthfacts.org for more information on affected states
HIV/AIDS Issues
Beth Scalco, LCSW, administrative director of the Louisiana HIV/AIDS Program, describes the challenges in re-building the HIV/AIDS program in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in this kaisernetwork.org interview. [September 22, 2005]
Fact Sheet – Assessing the Number of People with HIV/AIDS in Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina
Additional Resources on Hurricane Katrina Relief >>>>
