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Assessing the Presidential Candidates’ Positions on Women’s Health Coverage and Reproductive Health Care

Oct 1, 2012

Issue Brief

Women's health has been a key issue in the 2012 election with the candidates, President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, having different views on women's health care. This brief discusses two major health care issues that are important to women – health coverage and reproductive health care – and summarizes the presidential candidates' stated positions on these topics.

Putting Men’s Health Care Disparities On The Map: Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities at the State Level

Sep 27, 2012

Report

This report documents the persistence of disparities between white men and men of color -- and among different groups within men of color -- on 22 indicators of health and well-being, including rates of diseases such as AIDS, cancer, heart disease and diabetes, as well as insurance coverage and health screenings. It also catalogues disparities in factors that influence health and access to care such as income and education, and other social determinants of health.

Putting Men’s Health Care Disparities on the Map: Health Status Highlights

Sep 1, 2012

Report

This fact sheet provides a brief overview of racial disparities in health status among men of different races in the United States.

Putting Men’s Health Care Disparities On The Map: Access and Utilization Highlights

Sep 1, 2012

Fact Sheet

This fact sheet provides a brief overview of racial disparities in health access and utilization among men of different races in the United States.

Resources Examine Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among Men at the State Level

Sep 1, 2012

Putting Men’s Health Care Disparities on the Map: Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities at the State Level

Sep 1, 2012

Report

This Kaiser Family Foundation report finds that men of color in almost every state continue to fare worse than white men on a variety of measures of health, health care access and other social determinants of health.

Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives

Feb 21, 2012

Perspective

In this post, we answer some of the key questions about the new contraceptive coverage policy generally, and more specifically, how it will be applied to religious organizations.

Adolescent Health: Coverage and Access to Care

Sep 30, 2011

Issue Brief

This issue brief provides a broad-based grounding in adolescent health and related policy by examining access to health services for adolescents, their insurance coverage, and the role of state and federal policies in shaping access to care. The brief also discusses how implementation of the the health reform law may affect health coverage, access, and incentives to use preventive care for adolescents.

Women’s Health Care Chartbook: Key Findings From the Kaiser Women’s Health Survey

May 1, 2011

Report

The Women's Health Care Chartbook presents findings from a national survey of women ages 18 to 64 and provides a look at the experience of women in the health care system. The chartbook includes data on insurance coverage, affordability of and access to care, use of health care services, prevention, and family health.

State Medicaid Coverage of Family Planning Services: Summary of State Survey Findings

Nov 1, 2009

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