A new survey by the San Jose Mercury News and the Kaiser Family Foundation provides an in-depth look at workers in the Bay Area, their professional and financial challenges, and their views of the area’s job market and quality of life. The Bay Area Employment Survey is a joint project of the San Jose Mercury News and the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Representatives of the two organizations worked together to develop the survey questionnaire and analyze the results. Results are presented in the San Jose Mercury News in a two-day series of articles. Each organization bears sole responsibility for the work that appears under its name. The survey involved 1,721 adults age 18-64, who were selected at random. All respondents live in the Bay Area of California, which was defined as Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Francisco, Santa Clara, and San Mateo counties.

Survey Toplines (.pdf)

HIV Prevention in Complex, Macro-scale SocietiesA Report of the CSIS Task Force on HIV/AIDS Working Committee on Prevention

This report from The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Task Force on HIV/AIDS Working Committee on Prevention, in collaboration with the Kaiser Family Foundation, provides an overview of the opportunities and challenges for HIV prevention efforts in “second wave” countries – countries that currently have low- to mid-level HIV prevalence but stand on the brink of major epidemics, such as China, India, Russia, Ethiopia and Nigeria. The report was authored by the co-chairs of the Task Force’s Working Committee on Prevention, Jennifer Kates, vice president and director of HIV Policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation and Phillip Nieburg, senior associate at CSIS.

Report: HIV Prevention in Complex, Macro-scale Societies (.pdf)

An article based on this paper appeared in the September/October 2005 edition of Global AIDSLink, a publication of the Global Health Council.

Article: An Overview of “Second Wave” Countries (.pdf)

This focus group of 12 state Medicaid officials conducted in November 2005 explores the current status and likely results of the Part D dual eligible transition efforts as well as other Part D-related issues of particular importance to states. It includes discussion of the transition of dual eligibles from Medicaid to Medicare drug coverage, evaluating Part D plan options, states’ role in the low-income subsidy program, the fiscal implications of Part D to states, and the longer term policy implications at both the state and federal levels of the Part D implementation.

Report (.pdf)

Executive Summary (.pdf)

January 2005 Focus Group Report

Findings from the Kaiser/Hewitt 2005 Survey on Retiree Health Benefits

The 2005 Kaiser/Hewitt survey of large businesses that provide retiree health benefits to their workers assesses their responses to the new Medicare drug benefit in 2006, their plans for the future, and the way these changes affect retirees. It also looks at the rising costs and changing benefits of retiree health coverage overall in 2005.

News Release

Report

Chartpack

Materials from the December 7, 2005 Briefing:

Agenda

Speaker Biographies

Audiocast and Transcript

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Prospects for Retiree Health Benefits as Medicare Drug Coverage Begins:Findings from the Kaiser/Hewitt 2005 Survey on Retiree Health Benefits – Chartpack

This chartpack presents key data from the 2005 Kaiser/Hewitt survey of large businesses that provide retiree health benefits to their workers.

Chartpack (.pdf)

Prospects for Retiree Health Benefits as Medicare Drug Coverage Begins:Findings from the Kaiser/Hewitt 2005 Survey on Retiree Health Benefits – Report

This report assesses how large businesses that provide retiree health benefits to their workers are responding to the new Medicare drug benefit in 2006, their plans for the future, and the way these responses affect retirees. It also looks at the rising costs and changing benefits of retiree health coverage overall in 2005.

Full Report (.pdf)

Executive Summary (.pdf)

Section 1: Retiree Health Coverage (.pdf)

Section 2: Retiree Health Benefit Design and Prescription Drug Benefits (.pdf)

Section 3: Retiree Health Costs (.pdf)

Section 4: Premiums (.pdf)

Section 5: Changes Made by Large Employers Between 2004 and 2005 (.pdf)

Section 6: Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit and Retiree Health (.pdf)

Appendix: Methods (.pdf)

In general, do you think that spending more money on HIV/AIDS PREVENTION in the United States will lead to meaningful progress in slowing the epidemic, OR that spending more money won’t make much difference?

Current

44

Will lead to meaningful progress

48

Won’t make much difference

3

(VOL.) It depends

5

Don’t know/Refused

Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, October 4-9, 2005 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,200.

Compared with the amount of money the federal government spends on other health problems, such as heart disease and cancer, do you think federal spending on HIV/AIDS is too HIGH, too LOW, or ABOUT RIGHT?

13

Too high

29

Too low

43

About right

16

Don’t know/Refused

Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, October 4-9, 2005 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,200.

In general, do you think the federal government spends (READ AND ROTATE 1-2, ALWAYS READ 3 LAST)?

9

Too much money on HIV/AIDS

42

Too little money on HIV/AIDS

33

Or About the right amount?

16

Don’t know/Refused

Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, October 4-9, 2005 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,200.

Thinking about the way the problem of HIV/AIDS affects the United States today, do you think the problem is ABOUT THE SAME as it has been, that the U.S. today is MAKING PROGRESS in this area, or that the U.S. today is LOSING GROUND?

26

About the same

41

U.S. making progress

24

U.S. losing ground

9

Don’t know/Refused

Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, October 4-9, 2005 and based on telephone interviews with a national adult sample of 1,200.