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Dual Eligibles: Medicaid’s Role in Filling Medicare’s Gaps – Issue Brief
This paper presents a profile of dual eligible beneficiaries (those qualifying for both Medicare and Medicaid), describes their health care expenditures, and analyzes the distribution of spending on the population.
Issue Paper (.pdf)
Statement by Drew Altman, President and CEO, Kaiser Family Foundation on the Selected Survey Findings of the Medicare Rx Drug Law
A number of reports have interpreted our recent poll on the public’s knowledge of the new Medicare prescription drug law as suggesting that the more seniors learn about the law the more unfavorable they will be. That may or may not prove correct but it is not what our analysis suggested. We found that seniors who know more about the law are more unfavorable towards it, but we also found that seniors who know more are more politically active and may not be representative of all seniors. Based on our poll we would say that it remains to be seen how the majority of seniors will react.
This document was prepared for the AIDS in America: A Forgotten Epidemic? A Conference for News Leaders sponsored by the Kaiser Media Fellowships Program and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism. It provides an overview of the impact of HIV/AIDS in Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) across the U.S.
Report (.pdf)
This updated issue brief, Trends in U.S. Government Funding for HIV/AIDS: Fiscal Years 1981 to 2004, provides an analysis of U.S. federal funding for HIV/AIDS since fiscal year (FY) 1981. It presents data and trends in the major categories of funding — care, cash and housing assistance, research, prevention, and global/international — over time. Cumulatively through its FY 2004, the US government has invested approximately $150 billion for domestic and international HIV/AIDS programs.
Issue Brief (.pdf)
Military Families Survey
A recent survey conducted by The Washington Post, Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University examines the views of Army spouses and their experiences with military life, including experiences with deployment and attitudes toward re-enlistment, as well as attitudes towards government and the media. The survey was conducted among spouses of active duty U.S. Army personnel serving on the ten largest U.S. Army bases.
Survey Toplines (.pdf)
Ten years after the fall of apartheid and the birth of a new democracy, South Africans went to the polls for their third national election in April 2004. During the past ten years, the people of South Africa have witnessed dramatic changes in their government, as well as in their daily lives.
A comprehensive, nationally representative survey of South Africans was conducted by The Washington Post, Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University to examine South Africans’ views about democracy and the challenges facing the country leading up to the April 2004 election. This extensive survey, “,” also sought to explore perceptions of how things have changed since the end of apartheid, as well as perceived challenges for the future, including issues such as unemployment, crime, race relations, and HIV/AIDS. Finally, the survey included many questions designed to illuminate the real-life experiences of South Africans, and the struggles and successes they face on a daily basis (March 2004).
These updated documents, “Trends in U.S. Government Funding for HIV/AIDS,” provide an analysis of U.S. federal funding for HIV/AIDS since fiscal year (FY) 1981. The issue brief and chartpack present data and trends in the major categories of funding—care, cash and housing assistance, research, prevention, and global/international—over time. Cumulatively through its FY 2004, the US government has invested approximately $150 billion for domestic and international HIV/AIDS programs.
A recent survey conducted by The Washington Post, Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University examines the views of Army spouses and their experiences with military life, including experiences with deployment and attitudes toward re-enlistment, as well as attitudes towards government and the media. The survey was conducted among spouses of active duty U.S. Army personnel serving on the ten largest U.S. Army bases.
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Exhibit 5.1: Health Care Employment and Share of Total Non-Farm Employment, 1990-2005p
Health care employment as a proportion of all non-farm employment has increased fairly steadily since the early 1990s. In 2005p, 9.2% of all workers, or 12.3 million people, held health care jobs, up from 7.5% (8.2 million) in 1990.
Health Care Employment
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Notes: Not seasonally adjusted. Health Care Employment includes those who work in ambulatory health care services (NAICS code 621), hospitals (NAICS code 622), and nursing and residential care facilities (NAICS code 623).
Source: Kaiser Family Foundation calculations using data from Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Employment Statistics survey using the 2002 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), at http://www.bls.gov/ces/home.htm#data.
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Trends and Indicators in the Changing Health Care MarketplaceInformation provided by the Health Care Marketplace Project.Publication Number: 7031Information Updated: 02/08/06
This set of tables, prepared by the Urban Institute for the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, presents state-by-state information on Medicaid enrollment, expenditures, and spending per enrollee for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2000. These tables are based on analysis of data from the Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS) and provide a somewhat different measure of spending than CMS-64 data. Please see the “Overview of Differences” document below for more on the features of each data source.
Individual TablesTable 1: Medicaid Enrollees by Group, FFY 2000Table 1a: Percent Distribution of Medicaid Enrollees by Group, FFY 2000Table 2: Medicaid Payments Per Enrollee by Group, FFY 2000Table 3: Medicaid Payments by Service, FFY 2000Table 3a: Percent Distribution of Medicaid Payments by Service, MSIS 2000Table 4: Medicaid Payments by Group, FFY 2000Table 4a: Percent Distribution of Medicaid Payments by Group, FFY 2000Table 5: Medicaid Payments for Inpatient Hospital Services by Group, FFY 2000Table 5a: Percent Distribution of Medicaid Payments for Inpatient Hospital Services by Group, MSIS 2000Table 6: Medicaid Payments for Nursing Facilities by Group, FFY 2000Table 6a: Percent Distribution of Medicaid Payments for Nursing Facilities by Group, FFY 2000Table 7: Medicaid Payments for Prescribed Drugs by Group, FFY 2000Table 7a: Percent Distribution of Medicaid Payments for Prescribed Drugs by Group, FFY 2000Table 8: Medicaid Payments for Physicians and Other Practitioners by Group, FFY 2000Table 8a: Percent Distribution of Medicaid Payments for Physicians and Other Practitioners by Group, FFY 2000Table 9: Medicaid Payments for Outpatient Hospital and Clinic Services by Group, FFY 2000Table 9a: Percent Distribution of Medicaid Payments for Outpatient Hospital & Clinic Services by Group, FFY 2000Table 10: Medicaid Payments for ICF-MR Services by Group, FFY 2000Table 10a: Percent Distribution of Medicaid Payments for ICF-MR Services by Group, MSIS 2000Table 11: Medicaid Payments for Mental Health Facilities by Group, FFY 2000Table 11a: Percent Distribution of Medicaid Payments for Mental Health Facilities by Group, FFY 2000Table 12: Medicaid Payments for Managed Care by Group, FFY 2000Table 12a: Percent Distribution of Medicaid Payments for Managed Care by Group, FFY 2000Table 13: Medicaid Payments for Home and Personal Care by Group, FFY 2000Table 13a: Percent Distribution of Medicaid Payments for Home and Personal Care by Group, FFY 2000Table 14: Medicaid Payments for Other Services by Group, FFY 2000Table 14a: Percent Distribution of Medicaid Payments for Other by Group, FFY 2000Table 15: Medicaid Payments for Unknown Services by Group, FFY 2000Table 15a: Percent Distribution of Medicaid Payments for Unknown Services by Group, FFY 2000
Overview of Differences between Data Sources: CMS-64 and MSIS