KFF designs, conducts and analyzes original public opinion and survey research on Americans’ attitudes, knowledge, and experiences with the health care system to help amplify the public’s voice in major national debates.
The Kaiser Family Foundation has produced three documentaries to mark the 40th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid. The documentaries examine the social needs that led policymakers to create these programs, the expectations of what they would achieve and the reality of these programs today. Key policymakers, staff officials and members of Congress involved in the creation and implementation of Medicare and Medicaid are interviewed. Extensive use of historic video helps tell the story of these landmark social programs.
The Kaiser Family Foundation has produced three documentaries to mark the 40th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid. The documentaries examine the social needs that led policymakers to create these programs, the expectations of what they would achieve and the reality of these programs today. Key policymakers, staff officials and members of Congress involved in the creation and implementation of Medicare and Medicaid are interviewed. Extensive use of historic video helps tell the story of these landmark social programs.
The Medicare and Medicaid health coverage programs were signed into law July 30, 1965. The Kaiser Family Foundation has some new resources that examine how Medicare and Medicaid came into existence and how they have evolved over the past 40 years. You will find new documentaries and extended interviews with key policymakers and government officials examining the origins of Medicare and Medicaid, new interactive historical timelines, a chart pack of key information and statistics, a webcast of a retrospective of the two programs with historian Robert Dallek and key government officials responsible for the programs over the past 40 years, and many other background resources on the two programs.
Dual Eligibles: Medicaid Enrollment and Spending for Medicare Beneficiaries in 2003
This report provides the latest national and state data on Medicaid enrollment and spending for individuals enrolled in both Medicaid and Medicare, also knows as dual eligibles. Nationally, there are 7.5 million dual eligibles and while they comprise 14 percent of the Medicaid population, they account for 40 percent of Medicaid spending.
While Americans of all ages are most likely to get information about health and health care mainly from traditional media sources, there are significant generational differences in their reliance on other sources of health information, according to the latest Kaiser Health Poll Report survey.
For example, younger Americans are more likely than older adults to say they get health information from friends and family (25% of ages 18-29, versus 13% of ages 30-49 and 9% of ages 50 and over). Older adults are more likely to rely on doctors or other health professionals (27% of ages 50 and over, versus 14% of ages 18-29 and 16% of ages 30-49).
The Internet is also a more popular source of health information among younger adults. About one in 10 adults ages 18-29 (12%) and ages 30-49 (10%) say the Internet is their main source for health information, compared with just 4% of adults ages 50 and over.
Overall, the Kaiser Health Poll Report survey finds that four in 10 (40%) of all adults say their information about health and health care comes mainly from traditional media sources such as TV, radio and newspapers. Two in 10 (20%) adults say doctors and other health professionals are their main source for health information, while fewer than one in ten (8%) get this information primarily from the Internet. Findings for the current survey are based on a national random sample of 1,202 adults conducted June 2-5, 2005. The margin of sampling error is +/- 3 %. Complete topline results for the survey are available online.
May/June 2005 Kaiser Health Poll Report – Toplines
The May/June Kaiser Health Poll Report featured topic explores the public’s views on long-term care. The featured topic includes current expectations about paying for nursing home care, views on nursing homes, and attitudes about the government’s role in regulating nursing home quality. The featured topic uses data from the latest Kaiser Health Poll Report Survey as well as previous surveys by the Kaiser Family Foundation.
The May/June Kaiser Health Poll Report also includes Health Security Watch and the Kaiser/Harvard Health News Index.
This updated resource features more than 80 charts and tables with detailed information about the Medicare program and the 42 million seniors and younger people with disabilities who rely on the program for health insurance coverage. It covers a wide range of relevant data, including state-by-state information when available. Each section can be accessed individually, or the full chartbook can be downloaded in its entirety.
Kaiser has prepared this survey of more than 7,000 people in G7 nations in advance of the Group of 8 meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland. Public opinion in the countries (Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, and the United States) shows similarities among the nations on whether progress is being made on HIV/AIDS, if other countries are spending too little, and whether spending will lead to meaningful progress in slowing the epidemic.
The survey was originally presented at a meeting hosted by Kaiser, the Royal African Society, and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) at the Marlborough House in London, England on June 30, 2005. Select leaders and experts from different sectors (government, business, research and development) participated in the meeting to explore the long-term financing implications of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Kaiser has prepared this survey of more than 7,000 people in G7 nations in advance of the Group of 8 meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland. Public opinion in the countries (Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, and the United States) shows similarities among the nations on whether progress is being made on HIV/AIDS, if other countries are spending too little, and whether spending will lead to meaningful progress in slowing the epidemic.
The survey was originally presented at a meeting hosted by Kaiser, the Royal African Society, and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) at the Marlborough House in London, England on June 30, 2005. Select leaders and experts from different sectors (government, business, research and development) participated in the meeting to explore the long-term financing implications of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Kaiser has prepared this survey of more than 7,000 people in G7 nations in advance of the Group of 8 meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland. Public opinion in the countries (Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, and the United States) shows similarities among the nations on whether progress is being made on HIV/AIDS, if other countries are spending too little, and whether spending will lead to meaningful progress in slowing the epidemic.
The survey was originally presented at a meeting hosted by Kaiser, the Royal African Society, and the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) at the Marlborough House in London, England on June 30, 2005. Select leaders and experts from different sectors (government, business, research and development) participated in the meeting to explore the long-term financing implications of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
