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A survey of 800 small business executives on their views on health care and the coverage they offer their employees. The survey also asked small employers how they feel about current proposals to protect consumers and regulate managed care.
The Dynamics of Current Medicaid Enrollment Changes
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The Dynamics of Current Medicaid Enrollment ChangesReport
Insights three focus groups consisting mainly of state officials with everyday involvement in welfare and Medicaid eligibility issues. The groups were asked to identify and discuss the important forces and factors behind the overall changes in enrollment.
En encuestas anteriores, la atencion se ha concentrando en captar las impresiones de la poblacion general, incluyendo sus opiniones sobre la epidemia; su preocupacion personal en cuanto a infectarse con el VIH; sus conocimientos sobre la transmision, curso y tratamiento del VIH y el SIDA; sus experiencias con la prueba de anticuerpos; su punto de vista sobre los esfuerzos nacionales y locales para detener la epidemia; y sus fuentes de informacion sobre el VIH/SIDA. En este informe, presentamos en primer lugar los hallazgos de la muestra general de encuestas a latinos, para despues considerar en detalle a varios subgrupos de latinos.La Encuesta de Kaiser Family Foundation sobre Latinos y el VIH/SIDA esta concebida para informar y estimular un mayor dialogo acerca del VIH/SIDA en las comunidades latinas para proporcionar una mejor comprension de las perspectivas que los latinos tienen en cuanto al VIH/SIDA y a todos aquellos que trabajan para reducir los costes sociales, economicos e individuales de la epidemia del SIDA.
Panorama General: Medicare proporciona servicios de salud a casi 39 millones de norteamericanos, incluyendo aproximadamente a 34 millones de ancianos y a 5 millones de discapacitados. La gran mayoria de estas personas cubren sus gastos medicos directamente mediante el programa tradicional de “pago por servicio,” mientras que el 15 porciento restante (mas de 5 millone de beneficiarios) estan cubiertos bajo algun plan de servicio medico contratado con Medicare, principalmente las organizaciones de administracion de la salud (HMO por sus siglas en ingles).
Child Health Facts: National and State Profiles of Coverage
Nearly 10 million children in the United States lack health insurance coverage and over two-thirds of them or low-income. This databook provides baseline data on how many children are uninsured today and on the extent of Medicaid coverage. It provides astarting point to monitor and assess state efforts to reach and insure more children.
Medicare Beneficiaries & HMO’s: A Case Study of the Los Angeles Market
Note: This publication is no longer in circulation. However, a few copies may still exist in the Foundation’s internal library that could be xeroxed. Please email order@kff.org if you would like to pursue this option.
Medicaid plays several different roles of significance to Native Americans. Through its purchase of managed care products, Medicaid is reshaping the health care delivery system for many Native Americans and other underserved low-income populations. Medicaid also assists low-income elderly and disabled Indians who are eligible for Medicare in meeting their premium and cost-sharing obligations. Finally, Medicaid offers coverage for nursing home care and other long-term care services needed by frail elderly and disabled Native Americans. This report provides an overview of Medicaid from the standpoint of Native Americans with an emphasis on Medicaid as an insurance program and a purchaser of managed care