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Health News Index–May/June 2000
Health News Index May/June, 2000 The May/June 2000 edition of the Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health, Health News Index includes questions about major health stories covered in the news, including questions about the Congressional Democrats’ proposal to have the Medicare program cover prescription drug costs for the elderly.…
Poll Finding Read MoreSelected Findings on Knowledge and Understanding of the New Medicare Rx Drug Program — March/April 2004 Kaiser Health Poll Report Survey
Selected findings from the March/April 2004 Kaiser Family Foundation Health Poll Report survey underscores the need to educate seniors about the new Medicare prescription drug program – both the transitional discount card program that will be go into effect on June 1, 2004 and the full Medicare benefit that begins…
Poll Finding Read MoreSelected Findings on the New Medicare Prescription Drug Law
This chartpack includes recent survey results on the Medicare prescription drug law and seniors' use of the Internet.Chartpack (.pdf)
Report Read MoreKaiser Health Tracking Poll — November 2009
The November Kaiser Health Tracking Poll shows little movement in measures of public opinion about health reform from recent months. Among the new findings is a ranking of the public’s top priorities from among a list of elements of the legislation. There were both similarities and differences in priorities across…
Poll Finding Read MoreBarriers to Medicaid Enrollment for Seniors: Findings from 10 Focus Groups with Low-Income Seniors
Medicaid coverage substantially improves access to health care and lessens the financial burden of medical care for low-income seniors, but the program currently reaches only half of all poor Medicare beneficiaries. This report presents findings of focus groups with low-income seniors in an effort to understand barriers to enrollment for…
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Health News Index March/April, 2000 The March/April 2000 edition of the Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health, Health News Index includes questions about major health stories covered in the news, including questions about the Supreme Court’s ruling on the the Food and Drug Administration’s authority to regulate the marketing…
Poll Finding Read MoreKaiser /Harvard Survey of Americans on Health Policy
A telephone survey of 1,011 adults (between June 20 and July 9, 1996) about how health care reform (specifically Medicare reform, MSAs and the Kassebaum/Kennedy bill) fits into the upcoming November election. The survey was designed by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Harvard University, and Princeton Survey Research Associates (PSRA). The…
Poll Finding Read MoreBernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and Medicare for All
In this column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman explores the differing positions of presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders on a single payer or Medicare-for-all health care system and whether Democratic voters consider it an important factor in the 2016 primaries.
Perspective Read MoreMedicare-for-All vs. Single Payer: The Impact of Labels
In his latest column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, “Medicare-for-All vs. Single Payer: The Impact of Labels”, Drew Altman uses new polling on a Medicare-for-all or single payer health system to explain how what you call a health reform plan can substantially affect the public’s response. All previous…
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Serious Illness in Late Life: The Public’s Views and Experiences
In context of the rapidly growing number of older adults in the U.S. and increasing challenges that this population faces, the Kaiser Family Foundation conducted a large scale, nationally representative telephone survey to better understand people’s expectations about later life and efforts they’ve taken to plan for if they become seriously ill. To learn more about the experiences of those with serious illness specifically, this survey also included interviews with adults who are either personally age 65 or older living with a serious illness, or have an older family member who is or was before they recently died.
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