HIV/AIDS care is financed by multiple sources in the United States, yet many people with HIV/AIDS face barriers in accessing care. This issue brief, created for the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Capitol Hill Briefing Series on HIV/AIDS, provides an overview of how HIV/AIDS care is financed, including a discussion of spending, programs, and policy changes. Information about the series, and materials from each briefing, including a link to view a webcast of the event, can be found on the Capitol Hill Briefing Series on HIV/AIDS page.

Issue Brief (.pdf)

The White House released a new report entitled Youth and HIV/AIDS 2000: A New American Agenda, which highlights the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on young people. Half of all new HIV infections are estimated to occur among young people under the age of 25. The Kaiser Family Foundation released preliminary findings from a new national survey of teens on HIV/AIDS. Most teens say HIV/AIDS is a serious problem they are personally concerned about. But more than two thirds wouldn’t know where to go to get tested. A report on the complete survey will be released later this year.

• Preliminary Findings

This third edition of The Federal Budget Chartbook, provides the most recent spending data on federal funding for HIV/AIDS, estimated to be almost $11 billion in FY 2000. The chartbook also includes data on spending trends between FY 1995 and FY 2000 and data on specific programs.

• Chartbook

Health News Index September/October, 2000

The September/October 2000 edition of the Kaiser Family Foundation/HarvardSchool of Public Health, Health News Index includes questions about how closely the public is following and how well they understand major health stories covered in the news during September, including stories about presidential candidates Al Gore and George W. Bush’s prescription drug proposals. Every two months, Kaiser/Harvard issues a new index report.

• HNI September-October 2000
• Topline/Survey

This report provides current national and state-level data on the number of persons enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP. In addition to identifying recent trends in Medicaid and CHIP enrollment, this report also examines trends in the various eligibility categories within Medicaid. The report reveals that enrollment in Medicaid increased by 1.1 million individuals, or 3.6 percent, in December 1999 compared to the previous December.

Executive Summary

Report

• Link to December 2001 Data Update

• Toplines/Survey
• Summary of Findings

This is a study of the enrollment process in children’s Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in the 50 states and Washington, DC. Prepared by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the study is comprised of a nationwide telephone survey of state officials, a review of state CHIP plans, and interviews with state child health advocates. The focus of the study is on income eligibility guidelines, simplification of applications, enrollment and redetermination procedures as of July 2000.

• Report (.pdf)

>>All 50-State Children’s Health Coverage Reports

Young people have mixed opinions on abortion, but strong positions on comprehensive sex education, HIV/AIDS policies, and gay rights, all hot button issues that could be affected by the upcoming presidential campaign, according to a new national survey of 18-24 year-olds released today by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and MTV’s “Choose or Lose” campaign. Seventy percent of young people say that whatever their own opinion on abortion, they favor a woman having the choice to have an abortion with the advice of her doctor, and 60% favor federal funding so that poor women have the same access to abortions as other women have. On the other hand, about half (47%) say they favor policies that would make abortion illegal in all cases except rape, incest or to save the life of the mother. More than 600 18-24 year-olds were interviewed for the survey, titled Sex Laws: Youth Opinion on Sexual Health Issues in the 2000 Election

With the most recent Olympics and now Major League Baseball marred by reports of the use of banned performance-enhancing drugs, a new nationwide survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation examines the influence of sports figures in kids’ lives today. Based on telephone interviews with a randomly selected national sample of 1,500 children ages 10-17 years old (and 1,950 parents), the survey found that many American kids are mirroring the behavior of famous athletes – the good and bad – both on and off the field.

SexSmarts – Decision Making

A nationally representative survey of teens on the complex issues influencing their decision making about sex and relationships, developed by the Kaiser Family Foundation and seventeen magazine.

• Survey Snapshot: seventeen, SexSmarts: Decision Making
• Toplines