The Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) was created in 1998 by the U.S. government to respond to growing concern about the impact of HIV/AIDS on racial and ethnic minorities. It provides funding to strengthen organizational capacity and expand HIV-related services in minority communities. This new policy brief provides an overview of the MAI, including a discussion of its creation, goals, administration, and funding history, and a summary of current issues and challenges based on interviews with key stakeholders.

Policy Brief (.pdf)

Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage: Sponsorship, Eligibility, and Participation Patterns in 2001

This report details who obtained employer-sponsored coverage in 2001, who did not, and why.

Executive Summary (.pdf)

Full Report (.pdf)

The fact sheet describes the characteristics of uninsured workers, the availability of and participation in job-based coverage, and reasons why workers are uninsured.

Fact Sheet (.pdf)

The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured released a report describing employer-coverage patterns in 2001 and a fact sheet on uninsured workers.

Report: Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Coverage: Sponsorship, Eligibility, and Participation Patterns in 2001

Fact Sheet: Uninsured Workers in America

Federal Medicaid Waiver Financing: Issues for California

This issue brief focuses on the potential fiscal implications of a section 1115 Medicaid waiver for California.

Report (.pdf)

These include topline findings from a comprehensive survey that assesses Latino attitudes in the 2004 election year. The third annual survey of Latinos from the Pew Hispanic Center and the Kaiser Family Foundation, the new survey examines political issues and the presidential election campaign, the economy, health care, Iraq and immigration.

Survey Toplines (.pdf)

This comprehensive survey assesses Latino attitudes in the 2004 election year. The third annual survey of Latinos from the Pew Hispanic Center and the Kaiser Family Foundation, the new survey examines political issues and the presidential election campaign, the economy, health care, Iraq and immigration.

News Release

Chartpack/Summary of Findings

Toplines

Election Survey (.pdf)

The survey was released at a July 22, 2004 briefing.

Agenda (.pdf)

Speaker Biographies (.pdf)

Event Transcript (.pdf)

The chartpack and summary of findings from a comprehensive survey that assesses Latino attitudes in the 2004 election year. The third annual survey of Latinos from the Pew Hispanic Center and the Kaiser Family Foundation, the new survey examines political issues and the presidential election campaign, the economy, health care, Iraq and immigration.

Summary and Chartpack (.pdf)

Children’s Medicaid and SCHIP in Texas: Tracking the Impact of Budget Cuts

The case study details the impact of Texas’ legislative actions on enrollment in its Medicaid and SCHIP programs. Texas experienced the largest SCHIP enrollment decline in the nation between June 2003 and December 2003.

Executive Summary (.pdf)

Full Report (.pdf)

Checking Up on Children’s Health Coverage: A Progress Report on Medicaid and SCHIP

At a July 23, 2004 Washington, DC policy briefing two new Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured reports show State Children’s Health Insurance Program enrollment declined in the second half of 2003 and examine what led to Texas’ enrollment decline.

News Release

Report – Children’s Medicaid and SCHIP in Texas: Tracking the Impact of Budget Cuts

Report – SCHIP Program Enrollment: December 2003 Update

Report – Update on the Florida Enrollment Freeze

Webcast and Transcript of Briefing