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This issue brief describes and analyzes expansions of Medicaid and SCHIP, tax credits for individually-purchased insurance, and tax credits for employment-based health insurance as options to expand health coverage of the low-income population.
A fact sheet summarizing Medicaid spending and enrollment trends in Georgia and Rhode Island drawn from a briefing in February 2001.
The fourth in a series of reports on implementation issues and challenges in the first year of S-CHIP finds that states have been able to enter arrangements with plans for their S-CHIP population fairly easily.
This report documents the findings of a study examining access to health insurance coverage in the individual market for people with health problems. Seven hypothetical consumers with varying health conditions were defined and insurers and HMOs in eight different markets around the country were asked to consider them as though they were real consumers applying for coverage.
Three companion surveys by the Kaiser Family Foundation, conducted in collaboration with Public Perspective magazine, give new insight into how the public, policy leaders and media professionals view public opinion polls. The surveys show that while policy leaders and journalists see polls as an effective tool for giving the public a voice in the policymaking process, the public itself is more skeptical. The discussions of the surveys in Public Perspective also explore the extent to which the public feels it actually has input in the policymaking process. The polls are featured in the July/August 2001 issue of Public Perspective along with expert commentary on the subject.
News Release (.pdf)
Toplines/Survey (.pdf)
Chart Pack (.pdf)
A photographic journey
One of the world’s most celebrated war photographers, Mr. Don McCullin in August last year traveled to southern Africa to see for himself the human devastation of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. “I thought I had seen everything, but really, I was not prepared for this” says McCullin.
Tracking Public and Private Investments in AIDS Prevention, Care, and Research Report (pdf.)
Fact Sheet (pdf.)
This report documents the findings of a study examining access to health insurance coverage in the individual market for people with health problems. Seven hypothetical consumers with varying health conditions were defined and insurers and HMOs in eight different markets around the country were asked to consider them as though they were real consumers applying for coverage.
Renewed debate over proposals to expand coverage for the uninsured using tax credits for the purchase of individual market insurance has prompted some to re-evaluate and comment on the findings of this study. Due to this recent interest, we have prepared an explanation of the purpose and findings of the original study which is posted below.
May 2002 Explanation of Purpose and Findings in Response to Renewed Debate (.pdf)News Release (.pdf)Executive Summary (.pdf)Report (.pdf)Chart Pack(.pdf)
A Leadership Forum convened by The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, The Ford Foundation, and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, New York, NY
A Leadership Forum on HIV Prevention took place in New York immediately preceding the UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS, held June 25-27, 2001. Organized as a congregation of top international leaders, policymakers and program planners in the global effort against HIV, the meeting focused attention on the resources needed to more effectively curtail the global HIV pandemic. The forum reviewed the fundamental role of prevention in the fight against HIV and identified the principles of effective prevention programs globally. The meeting also explored the barriers to prevention and discussed funding needs and prevention priorities for the future.
A new chart book examines Fiscal Year 2002 budget proposals by President Bush and Congress, focusing on their impact on health programs. It provides both an examination of how health care programs fit into the overall U.S. budget and a review of past budget trends and future projections for government health care programs.