The Foundation’s Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured has collected resources related to the Medicaid policy changes in the budget reconciliation law, Deficit Reduction Act of 2005.

Deficit Reduction Act of 2005: Implications for Medicaid

West Virginia Medicaid State Plan Amendment: Key Program Changes and Questions

KYHealth Choices Medicaid Reform: Key Program Changes and Questions

Reports Explore Long-Term Care Issues Included in the Deficit Reduction Act

The Nuts and Bolts of Making Medicaid Policy Changes: An Overview and a Look at the Deficit Reduction Act

New Requirements for Citizenship Documentation in Medicaid

Key Issues and Opportunities: Implementing the New Medicaid Integrity Program

Paying for Nursing Home Care: Asset Transfer and Qualifying for Medicaid

Increasing Premiums and Cost Sharing in Medicaid and SCHIP: Recent State Experiences

Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostic, and Treatment Services Fact Sheet

Medicaid 1915(c) Home and Community-Based Service Programs: Data Update

KaiserEDU.org tutorial: Future Directions in Medicaid: Implications of the DRA of 2005 and 1115 Waivers

Paying for Nursing Home Care: Asset Transfer and Qualifying for Medicaid

This snapshot presents key facts on who relies on nursing home services and highlights research findings on asset transfer and its impact on Medicaid eligibility.

Issue Brief (.pdf)

Medicaid and Budget Reconciliation: Implications of the Conference Report

This issue brief provides an overview of the federal budget context and then highlights key Medicaid savings proposals in the budget reconciliation conference bill and discusses the implications of the proposed changes.

Issue Brief (.pdf)

This policy brief examines national data to determine the share of current enrollees of public health coverage programs who would have alternate coverage options if public coverage were no longer available. The authors estimate that no more than 9 percent of low-income adults would have access to an alternative source of insurance in the absence of public coverage. This research suggests that the vast majority of current enrollees affected by cutbacks in eligibility for public programs, particularly those with the lowest incomes, are likely to be left uninsured.

Issue Brief (.pdf)

A Pre-Katrina Look At the Health Care Delivery System For Low-Income People InNew Orleans

This issue brief offers a retrospective look at how care was provided to poor residents in New Orleans before Hurricane Katrina hit. It describes the structure of the public safety net and briefly discusses the challenges facing the system as it tries to rebuild.

Issue Brief (.pdf)

KNOW HIV/AIDS News Releases

• KNOW HIV/AIDS Launches Four New PSAs and Premieres Short Film in Support of World AIDS Day (December 1, 2006)
• KNOW HIV/AIDS Wins the 2006 National Public Service Announcement Emmy Award (October 25, 2006)
• UCLA Student Wins Paramount Pictures’ KNOW HIV/AIDS Short Screenplay Competition (April 20, 2006)
• UPN and CBS Programs Address HIV as Part of KNOW HIV/AIDS Initiative (April 4, 2006)
• KNOW HIV/AIDS Creates New PSAs Filmed At HIV/AIDS Support Groups In Los Angeles and El Salvador (December 1, 2005)
• Paramount Pictures Announces KNOW HIV/AIDS Short Screenplay Competition (November 29, 2005)
• KNOW HIV/AIDS Seeks to Normalize HIV Testing With Its Latest Message “The Know Is Spreading” (September 27, 2005)
• KNOW HIV/AIDS ENCOURAGES AMERICANS TO GET TESTED FOR HIV (June 6, 2005)
• VIACOM AND KAISER LAUNCH YEAR THREE OF KNOW HIV/AIDS CAMPAIGN (January 24, 2005)
• KNOW HIV/AIDS Teams up with Hip-Hop Sensation Common to Promote HIV Testing (November 15, 2004)
• KNOW HIV/AIDS Launches Groundbreaking Series of Messages on HIV Testing (June 9, 2004)
• KNOW HIV/AIDS Campaign to Premiere Year Two on Super Bowl Sunday (January 27, 2004)
• Viacom and Kaiser Family Foundation’s KNOW HIV/AIDS Campaign to Premiere Year Two on Super Bowl Sunday (January 12, 2004)
• KNOW HIV/AIDS Campaign to Support World AIDS Day (December 1, 2003)
• BET Plans Comprehensive News and Public Affairs Programming to Support National HIV Testing Day; Network Partners with Kaiser Family Foundation to Produce Prime Time Town Hall on HIV Testing (June 18, 2003)
• Viacom and Kaiser Family Foundation Support National HIV Testing Day Through KNOW HIV/AIDS Campaign (June 9, 2003)
• BBC World Service Launches First Educational HIV/AIDS Campaign (May 19, 2003)
• Viacom and Kaiser Family Foundation Launch Comprehensive Initiative to Fight AIDS (January 6, 2003)
• Viacom and Kaiser Family Foundation to Launch Comprehensive Media Campaign to Fight HIV/AIDS (October 2002)
• Statements Regarding the Viacom-Kaiser HIV/AIDS Initiative

This fact sheet summarizes the main themes of Florida’s Medicaid waiver and discusses key issues for consideration in assessing the waiver’s impact.

Fact Sheet (.pdf)

This fact sheet summarizes the Medicaid and Medicare provisions in the House and Senate approved budget reconciliation bills.

Fact Sheet (.pdf)

Which two issues mattered the most in deciding how you would vote for (Pennsylvania) Senator (1991)?

Note: Total exceeds 100% because of multiple responses

All PA voters

Wofford voters

Thornburgh voters

National health insurance

50%

64%

39%

Taxes

29

29

27

Recession/job loss

21

27

15

Candidate’s record/reputation

14

7

24

Survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard School of Public Health. Fieldwork was conducted by telephone from November 5-6, 1991 by KRC Communications Research among a random sample of 1,000 Pennsylvanians ages 18 and older who said they voted in the 1991 special Senate election.

Which 1 or 2 issues mattered most in deciding how you voted (for President 1992)?

Asked of half sample (54% of voters)

Note: Adds to more than 100% due to multiple responses

20%  Health care21   Federal budget deficit12   Abortion13   Education42   Economy/Jobs5    Environment14   Taxes8    Foreign policy15   Family values13   Don’t know/No answer

Survey by ABC News, CBS News, CNN, NBC News. Methodology: Conducted by Voter Research & Surveys on November 3, 1992 and based on self-administered interviews with a national adult exiting voters sample of 15,490. There were four versions of the questionnaires which included some questions in common, and some that were unique. Data provided by The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, University of Connecticut.