New data prepared for the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured released April 12 find recent Medicaid enrollment increases in more than half of the 21 states surveyed. A companion report describes survey results on ways states are trying to simplify the enrollment process.

• Report
• News Release: New Medicaid Data from 21 States Finds Recent Enrollment Increases in 12 States

Health Coverage and Access: Policy Issues For Women

This chartpack provides briefing materials that review the key health coverage and access concerns facing American women. Issues that are addressed include women’s role in the health system, insurance coverage and access to care, managed care, contraceptive coverage, Medicare reform, and assistance with long-term care.

• Chart Pack

The Kaiser Family Foundation announced that it will create television and radio public service announcements (PSAs) aimed at connecting disadvantaged youth with technology resources and training. The PSAs, along with a coordinated effort to develop a national database of youth-oriented community technology centers, were announced at an East Palo Alto event on April 17th hosted by President Clinton.

• News Release: New
• Fact Sheet

Public health agencies and managed care organizations share responsibility for the health of the populations they serve. Their relationships are particularly important in the area of STDs. This study analyzes the evolving relationships between managed care organizations and public health agencies in how they manage the prevention, treatment, and tracking of STDs.

• Report

Campaign 1992 was dubbed “The Year of the Woman” because more female candidates ran that year than any other in U.S. history. In 1996, “Soccer Moms” grabbed headlines as the group that candidates needed to win. What role will women have in 2000? How will Election 2000 be remembered? Who is the “woman voter?” What issues does “she” care about? How will women affect the 2000 campaign?

A panel of experts, including Kellyanne Fitzpatrick, President, The Polling Company, Anna Greenberg, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, Kelli M. Conlin, Executive Director, New York State affiliate of the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, Timothy F. Mooney, Vice President, Political Affairs, Voter.com, and Mollyann Brodie, Ph.D., Vice President and Director for Public Opinion & Media Research, Kaiser Family Foundation, discussed Election 2000 predictions, “women’s issues,” and how women can become “informed” voters at an Emerging Issues in Reproductive Health Briefing on April 18, 2000.

Briefing Resources:

• Agenda
• Briefing Resource List
• Online Resource List
• Speaker Biographies
• Health Issues Guide
• Public Opinion Update
• Women’s Health Policy Charts

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The Gender of Politics:How (And How Much) Will Women Influence Election 2000?

Tuesday, April 18^th9:30 am – 11:15 amBroadway Millennium Hotel44^th and Broadway, New York City

9:30 am Registration

9:40 am Welcome/Introductions

Tina Hoff, Director of Public Health Information and Communications, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

9:45 am The Gender of Politics: How (And How Much) Will Women Influence Election 2000?

Who Is the “Woman Voter?” What Issues Does “She” Care About?

• Mollyann Brodie, PhD, Vice President and Director of Public Opinion and Media Research, Kaiser Family Foundation, will give an overview of how pollsters identify “women voters” and the issues women care about this year, including health care.

Election 2000 Predictions: What Do Women Want? How Will They Get It?

• Kellyanne Fitzpatrick, CEO and President, The Polling Company, has advised Republican candidates including Jack Kemp, Newt Gingrich, and former Vice President Dan Quayle. She has served as a political analyst for CNN and appears as a commentator on ABC’s Good Morning America, Fox News, and MSNBC. Her corporate clients include Philip Morris, The Wall Street Journal, and Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories.

• Anna Greenberg, PhD, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, is working on a long-term research project on gender and politics and consulting to iVillage.com on its election-related polling.

Where Are the Women Candidates? What Happened to “Women’s Issues?” And What About Abortion?

• Kelli Conlin, Executive Director, NARAL/New York, will discuss the current crop of women candidates; whether female officeholders are “better” for women; and the findings of her group’s “women’s monitor.”

Voter Education and Outreach: How Can You Learn More About the Issues? The Candidates?

• Timothy F. Mooney, Vice President, Political Affairs, Voter.com, will talk about the range of places voters can go for more information about issues and the candidates. He will also discuss new voter education and outreach efforts.

11:00 am Discussion and Q & A

Online ResourcesKaiser Family Foundation Election 2000 ResourcesElection SitesMedia Organizations’ Election SitesPolitical ResourcesPolitical Organization SitesWomen and the 2000 ElectionWebsites for WomenStatistics and PollsAdditional Resources

Kaiser Family Foundation Election 2000 Resources

League of Women Voters – Join the Debate: Your Guide to Health Issues in the 2000 Election (PDF Format)

National Survey on Health Care and the 2000 Elections

The Public, Managed Care, and Consumer Protection (PDF Format)

Election Sites

Federal Election Commission Freedom Channel: video views of candidates Voter.com: informational database on elections

Media Organizations’ Election Sites

ABC NewsCBS NewsCNNC-SPAN Fox NewsMSNBCNational Public RadioNew York Times NewsweekRock the Vote: MTV sponsored site for votersTimeUS News & World ReportUSA TodayWashington Post

Political Resources

Almanac of American Politics 2000

Center for American Women and Politics: women and the 2000 electionCenter for American Women and Politics: women in politics

Democracy Net: an interactive site that provides voter information

Vote-Smart: a national library of political information

Women Vote: directory of political resources for women

Women Vote: a voting guide

Political Organization Sites

Democratic National CommitteeLeague of Women Voters National Federation of Republican Women National Foundation for Women Legislators National Political Coalition of Black Women Reform PartyRepublican National Committee

Women and the 2000 Election

Oxygen Election 2000 Shewire Election 2000Women Candidates 2000 Women.com Election 2000

Statistics and Polls

ABC News CNNThe Gallup Organization Newsweek The Pew Research Center The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research TimeWashington PostWomen.com

Websites for Women

ivillage.com: a network for women Oxygen: a site dedicated to womenWomen Online Worldwide Women.com: connecting women in business

Additional Resources

“Gender Dynamics in Congressional Elections” by Richard Logan Fox

“The Gender Wild Card” by Jon Ann Steinmetz

History of the American Suffrage Movement with selections from the National American Women Suffrage Association Collection 1848 – 1921

“Surveying Women Voters” – An interview with Emily’s List president, Ellen Malcolm

“Unfair Campaign Coverage of Women?” by Marie C Wilson, President; Barbara Wasserman, Executive Director, The White House Project

“Women and Campaign Contributions” a study by Oxygen.com

The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation is not responsible for the content of the individualsites listed herein.

The State of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic

• Presentation

Kaiser Public Opinion Update, April 2000

summarizes key findings from past surveys on the uninsured conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health and a new survey conducted by the Foundation in conjunction with The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. The surveys show that the public is concerned about the problem of the uninsured, but that solutions remain elusive because of the lack of public consensus on the best approach and the lack of willingness to pay for solutions.

• Public Opinion Update