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)

Topline findings from the May/June 2004 Kaiser Health Poll Report survey, including knowledge and opinions about the new Medicare prescription drug law.

Survey Toplines (.pdf)

This paper identifies and examines consumer protection issues that arise from the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. Key issue areas include: beneficiary information, marketing, enrollment and disenrollment, the drug benefit package and cost-sharing, the appeals process, concerns for low-income beneficiaries, challenges for nursing home issues, and fraud and abuse.

Report (.pdf)

Q&A with Drew Altman on Healthcare Issues in Boston Sunday Globe

In a Boston Sunday Globe Q&A published on Sunday, July 18, Kaiser Family Foundation President Drew Altman discussed rising healthcare premiums and their impact on families.

“Q&A with Kaiser’s Drew Altman on Healthcare Issues” by Kimberly Blanton

The President’s FY 2005 Budget Proposal: Overview and Briefing Charts

The overview and briefing charts present information on the President’s FY 2005 budget proposal to Congress beginning with federal surplus/deficit spending historical data and a summary of the overall composition of the Administration’s budget request. The charts then detail information on the President’s funding proposals for major health programs.

Overview & Briefing Charts (.pdf)

The issue paper provides data on the demographic profile of health center patients and the revenue sources available for financing their care, including recent increases in federal discretionary funding. It examines the impact of the recent economic downturn on health centers in selected communities, exploring the effect of elevated unemployment levels among lower wage workers, declining private health insurance coverage, and widespread cutbacks in Medicaid–the single most important source of health center financing.

Issue Paper (.pdf)

The New Medicare Rx Benefit: Challenges for Maintaining Access to Prescription Drugs

With the launch of the new Medicare Part D prescription drug benefit less than 18 months away, and growing interest in beneficiaries’ access to medications in the future, the Kaiser Family Foundation is pleased to release two new publications that examine issues concerning access to medications raised by the implementation of the new Part D Medicare prescription drug benefit.

The New Medicare Drug Benefit: Potential Effects of Pharmacy Management Tools on Access to Medications

The New Medicare Prescription Drug Law: Issues for Dual Eligibles with Disabilities and Serious Conditions

As part of an on-going public information partnership called SexSmarts, seventeen and the Kaiser Family Foundation conduct nationally representative surveys of teens 15 to 17 on issues related to their sexual health. The latest in the series examines their knowledge and attitudes about birth control and protection among adolescents. It covers a variety of issues related to contraception decision-making among adolescents, including how much they know about different methods and personal use among those who are sexually active.

Questionnaire and Detailed Results (.pdf)

Richard Gere and Parmeshwar Godrej launched the ‘Heroes Project’ with an aim to mobilize societal leaders and the media industry to fight HIV/AIDS in India. Healing the Divide has received a grant of up to $2.4 million over three years from Avahan, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s India AIDS initiative, and will implement the Heroes Project through the Gere Foundation India Trust. The Heroes Project also includes as partners the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, which has committed $250,000 in the first year towards production of public service announcements and will provide public health and information expertise towards the project, and Star India, which has generously committed an estimated $14 million in airtime through its media assets over thethree-year project.

News Release — Richard Gere and Parmeshwar Godrej Launch the Heroes Project to Fight AIDS in India

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