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Long-Term Care: Understanding Medicaid’s Role for the Elderly and Disabled
This updated report provides a review of how Medicaid works for people with long-term care needs and describes the fiscal challenges that states currently face and that Medicaid may face in the future as the population ages.
Report (.pdf)
Executive Summary (.pdf)
In a few short weeks, Medicare will undergo big changes that will have a major impact on more than 3 million Hispanic seniors and younger people with permanent disabilities who rely on Medicare for their health coverage. More than one in three Hispanics with Medicare lack coverage for their prescription drugs for at least part of the year. Many others will need to make decisions about their existing coverage and the new Medicare benefit.
Starting Jan. 1, Medicare will cover outpatient prescription drugs, but many seniors don’t even understand the basics about what the new benefit offers or how it works. Helping Hispanics who rely on Medicare to understand how this program will work is critical to ensuring they make good decisions about this coverage.
The materials on this page provide a demographic overview of Hispanics with Medicare. They will be used for a conference call briefing on Wednesday, Nov. 16, at 1 p.m. Eastern time co-sponsored by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the National Alliance for Hispanic Health.
Nov. 16 Presentation Slides — Hispanics and Medicare (.pdf)
Sex on TV 4, Executive Summary
The study, Sex on TV 4, examined a representative sample of more than 1,000 hours of programming including all genres other than daily newscasts, sports events, and children’s shows. All sexual content was measured, including talk about sex and sexual behavior.
Executive Summary (.pdf)
The study, Sex on TV 4, examined a representative sample of more than 1,000 hours of programming including all genres other than daily newscasts, sports events, and children’s shows. All sexual content was measured, including talk about sex and sexual behavior.
Full Report (.pdf)
Introduction (.pdf)
Methodology (.pdf)
Findings (.pdf)
Conclusion and References (.pdf)
Appendices (.pdf)
Funding for Global HIV/AIDS By Major Donor Governments – An Overview (November/December 2005)
Global AIDS Link article (.pdf)
How to Link to the Medicaid Benefits Online Database
The Kaiser Family Foundation encourages non-profit organizations, government agencies, academic institutions, and other organizations to link to its online information. To link to the timeline, please use the following graphic, title and url.
Title:Medicaid Benefits: Online Database, Kaiser Family FoundationURL:http://www.kff.org/medicaidbenefits/Graphic:
(right click on the graphic and select “Save Picture As” to save it to your computer)
Thank you for your interest. Please let us know when you have posted the link. Email kcmu@kff.org when the link is live or if you have any questions.
Financing Health Coverage: The Fiscal Relief Experience
This paper provides an overview of the context which prompted federal fiscal relief to the states in 2003 and discusses the implications of this experiment in federal intervention for financing the Medicaid program.
Policy Brief (.pdf)
Federal Spending on the Health Care Safety Net from 2001-2004: Has Spending Kept Pace with the Growth in the Uninsured?
This report examines federal spending on the health care safety net and finds that it has not kept pace with the growth in the uninsured from 2001 to 2004.
Report (.pdf)
Executive Summary (.pdf)
This analysis examines how much immigrants are contributing to the increasing uninsured population from 1994 to 2003.
Issue Brief (.pdf)
Executive Summary (.pdf)
Threadbare: Holes in America’s Health Care Safety Net
This report describes the impact of coverage gaps in our safety net through the perspectives of those who provide care to the uninsured and first-hand accounts of the uninsured who are seeking care.
Report (.pdf)