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  • Americans and HIV/AIDS

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    Americans and HIV-AIDS – Selected 2014 National Survey Findings from the Kaiser Family Foundation Download

  • Primary Care Physicians Accepting Medicare: A Snapshot

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    This Data Note presents findings on reported acceptance of Medicare patients among non-pediatric primary care physicians, based on data from the Kaiser Family Foundation/Commonwealth Fund 2015 National Survey of Primary Care Providers. In addition to comparing physicians’ acceptance of Medicare to private insurance and Medicaid, this Data Note also explores the characteristics of non-pediatric primary care physicians who accept new Medicare patients and who have greater shares of Medicare patients in their caseloads.

  • Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: October 2015

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    This month’s Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that the affordability of prescription drugs continues to be at the top of the public’s priority list for the President and Congress, picked by majorities across political parties. Issues specific to the ACA, such as repealing provisions of the law or repealing the law entirely, fall much lower on the list. The survey also probes the public's experiences with drug advertisements. A large majority (82%) report they’ve seen…

  • Prescription Drug Costs Remain Atop the Public’s National Health Care Agenda, Well Ahead of Affordable Care Act Revisions and Repeal

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    28% of Public Report Asking Doctor about a Drug They Saw Advertised, and 12% Say Their Doctor Prescribed It Few Workers Expect Raises if Employers Reduce Health Benefits to Avoid Cadillac Tax as Many Economists Predict With some presidential candidates laying out details of their health care platforms, the cost of prescription drugs remains at the top of the public's health care priority list for the President and Congress, the October Kaiser Health Tracking Poll…

  • Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: September 2015

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    As the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services prepares to finalize a plan to pay physicians for discussing end-of-life treatment options with Medicare patients, this month’s Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that about 8 in 10 of the public favors Medicare and private insurance covering such discussions and about 9 in 10 say doctors should have these discussions with their patients. However, relatively few (17 percent) say they’ve had such discussions with a doctor or other…

  • Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: August 2015

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    With renewed discussion of the high cost of prescription drugs recently, the August Kaiser Health Tracking poll finds that most Americans feel that drug costs are unreasonable and that drug companies put profits before people. At the same time, the public largely values the role prescription drug companies play, with most saying that prescription drugs developed in the past two decades have made the lives of people in the U.S. better, including about 4 in…

  • New Orleans Ten Years After The Storm: The Kaiser Family Foundation Katrina Survey Project

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    Ten years after Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast and the subsequent levee failure led to unprecedented destruction in New Orleans, the Kaiser Family Foundation teamed up with NPR to conduct a survey of the city’s current residents. This work builds on three previous surveys conducted by the Foundation in 2006, 2008, and 2010, as well as a survey of Katrina evacuees in Houston shelters conducted in partnership with The Washington Post in September 2005.…

  • New Orleans Ten Years After the Storm: Progress and Challenges

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    Views of New Orleans' recovery from Hurricane Katrina varied among residents a decade after the storm hit in 2005. A Kaiser Family Foundation/NPR survey finds residents' reports of conditions in their own neighborhoods and their evaluations of the city's progress have improved steadily on many fronts. However, residents say challenges remain, particularly in the area of public safety.

  • 10 Years After the Storm: A Kaiser Family Foundation/NPR Survey of New Orleans Residents on Life After Hurricane Katrina

    News Release

    A decade after Hurricane Katrina battered the Gulf Coast and flood waters breached levees to cause unprecedented destruction in New Orleans, the Kaiser Family Foundation has teamed with NPR to survey current residents on the city’s recovery efforts and lingering challenges. The new survey adds to findings from a series of surveys conducted by the Foundation in 2006, 2008, and 2010, as well as a survey of Katrina evacuees conducted in partnership with The Washington Post just…