The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Task Force on HIV/AIDS, co-chaired by Senators Bill Frist (R-TN) and Russell Feingold (D-WI), outlines strategic choices that the United States faces in fighting the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. The Task Force seeks to build bipartisan consensus on critical U.S. policy initiatives promoting leadership in strengthening prevention, care, and treatment of HIV/AIDS in affected countries around the world.

The Task Force and the Kaiser Family Foundation have collaborated on several activities including the development of policy briefs on key policy issues and Jennifer Kates, Vice President and Director of HIV Policy at the Kaiser Family Foundation co-chairs the Task Force’s Working Committee on Prevention, with Phil Nieburg, senior associate at CSIS.

Recent reports and articles by the Task Force and the Kaiser Family Foundation include:

HIV Prevention Paramount in the Next Phase of the U.S. Global HIV/AIDS Response(October 2007)

The G8, Russia’s Presidency and HIV/AIDS in Eurasia (June 2006)

HIV Prevention in Complex, Macro-scale Societies (December 2005)

Prevention Indicators for the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (May 2005)

Enhancing the Rapid Response Capacity of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator: Lessons from Other U.S. Emergency Responses (June 2004)

Medicaid and Long-Term Care

While Medicaid is the nation’s major source of financing for long-term care services, paying for over 40% of total long-term care, its role is not well understood. Misperceptions on who qualifies and what is covered are common. A fact sheet and a Q & A sheet about Medicaid’s role in long-term care assistance provide basic information on the topic.

Medicaid’s Role in Long-Term Care: Q & A

Medicaid and Long-Term Care Fact Sheet

Financing long-term care for the nearly 10 million Americans who need services and support to assist them in life’s daily activities continues to challenge the nation. While Medicaid is the nation’s major source of financing for long-term care services, paying for over 40% of total long-term care, its role is not well understood. Misperceptions on who qualifies and what is covered are common. A new question and answer fact sheet about Medicaid’s long-term care assistance provides basic information on Medicaid’s role for those with long-term care needs.

Fact Sheet (.pdf)

Since the mid-1990s the Kaiser Family Foundation has partnered with U.S.-based media companies on comprehensive HIV/AIDS campaigns. This paper, published in Health Affairs, Vol. 24, Issue 3, May/June 2005, outlines the unique public education model that it is using, and how Kaiser is expanding this work globally by working with some of the largest media companies in the world to undertake new initiatives in Russia and India.

Health Affairs Article (free access)

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Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers: Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care

Nearly three million workers earn their living through migrant or seasonal farm labor. Migrant and seasonal farmworkers and their families confront health challenges stemming from the nature of their work, their extreme poverty and mobility, and living and working arrangements that impede access to health coverage and care. This brief provides an overview of migrant and seasonal farmworkers and the health challenges they face and considers options for improving their health coverage and access to care.

Executive Summary (.pdf)

Report (.pdf)

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This report examines how medical support requirements impact parents applying for Medicaid coverage for themselves and their children. The report draws from case studies of medical support procedures obtained in five states: Arizona, Connecticut, Minnesota, South Carolina and Wisconsin.

Report (.pdf)

The National ADAP Monitoring Report, 2005 provides the latest data on state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs). ADAPs, authorized under Title II of the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act, provide HIV/AIDS-related prescription drugs to uninsured and underinsured individuals living with HIV/AIDS. ADAPs operate in 57 U.S. states, territories, and associated jurisdictions.

The report, the ninth in an annual series, was prepared by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD). It was released during a conference call briefing on April 20, 2005.

Executive Summary (.pdf)

Annual Report (.pdf)

The Kaiser Family Foundation, in conjunction with the Morris K. Udall Foundation and the American Public Health Association hosted an event on May 9, 2005 which focused on key Indian health issues, including the availability of mental health services, the adequacy of federal funding, and priorities for Indian health.

Agenda (.pdf)Speaker Biographies (.pdf) A webcast of this event is available.

The event highlighted research that appears in the May 2005 issue of the American Journal of Public Health, dedicated to the health and well-being of American Indians and Alaska Natives. This issue was published in partnership with the Kaiser Family Foundation and the reports within this issue examine the problems, progress, and challenges that exist in addressing health issues related to this population.

American Journal of Public Health: May 2005 (free access)

Health News Index March/April, 2005

The March/April Kaiser Health Poll Report featured topic explores the public’s views on the Medicare prescription drug benefit. This featured topic covers the historical perspective from before the law was passed as well as current views and understanding of the benefit, including how seniors are getting information about this plan, whether they think they have enough information and whether or not they plan to enroll. Additionally, the featured topic explores the public’s support for other government policies aimed at lowering prescription drug costs.

The March/April Kaiser Health Poll Report also includes Health Security Watch, Health Care Priorities and the Kaiser/Harvard Health News Index.

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