Financing the Medicaid Program: The Many Roles of Federal and State Matching Funds – Policy Brief January 1, 2004 Issue Brief This paper describes Medicaid’s existing financing structure and examines its implications for the federal government, for states, and for coverage of the low-income populations Medicaid serves.Policy Brief (.pdf)
Is the State Fiscal Crisis Over? A 2004 State Budget Update – Report January 1, 2004 Issue Brief Is the State Fiscal Crisis Over? A 2004 State Budget Update – Issue BriefThis paper, which updates a September 2003 analysis by the Rockefeller Institute of Government, finds that although the state fiscal situation is improving, states are by no means out of the woods yet.Issue Brief (.pdf)
State Responses to Budget Crisis in 2004: An Overview of Ten States – Overview and Case Studies January 1, 2004 Report In this report we examine how ten states from around the nation have responded to their budget crises in fiscal year 2004. While states vary in the depth of the budget pressures they faced, as state revenues remained depressed, all were required to make difficult choices among spending reductions, tax…
The New Middle-Class of Uninsured Americans — Is it Real? March 1, 2003 Report This issue paper discusses and answers the question are the newly uninsured in 2001 predominantly from the middle-class. The paper examines U.S. Census Bureau s data and concludes that most of the increase in the uninsured (1.3 million people) was among low-income people with incomes less than 200% of the…
Who Pays and How Much? The Cost of Caring for the Uninsured January 31, 2003 Report This report answers how much the country spends on care for the uninsured and how much care the uninsured receive compared to insured Americans. It is part of our Cost of Not Covering the Uninsured project.Report
Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health National Survey of the Public’s Views on Medicare May 31, 2003 Report A new national survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health examines the public's attitudes and opinions on issues related to the Medicare reform and prescription drug debate. The survey also takes a separate look at the differing views of younger and older Americans on…
National Survey of Women’s Health Care Providers on Reproductive Health: Emergency Contraception May 30, 2003 Poll Finding National Survey of Women’s Health Care Providers on Reproductive Health: Emergency ContraceptionThe Kaiser Family Foundation’s 2001 National Survey of Women’s Health Care Providers on Reproductive Health is a national random-sample survey of 790 physicians, including 595 obstetrician and gynecologists and 195 family practice physicians, internists, and general practitioners.Toplines/Survey: National Survey…
Sex on TV 3 Executive Summary January 30, 2003 Report The third biennial Sex on Television 3: Content and Context study finds the amount of sex on television remains high, but TV sex is more likely than in previous years to include some reference to “safer” sex issues such as waiting to have sex, using protection, or the possible consequences…
2002 National Survey of Latinos – Toplines January 1, 2003 Poll Finding 2002 National Survey of Latinos The Pew Hispanic Center/Kaiser Family Foundation 2002 National Survey of Latinos examines how members of the Hispanic community identify themselves, their views of the United States, their experiences with discrimination both within the Latino community itself and from non-Latino groups, their language abilities and preferences,…
Health News Index – May/June 2003 June 29, 2003 Poll Finding Health News Index May/June, 2003 The Health News Index measures public attention to and knowledge about leading health stories covered in the news between May 1-30. The Health News Index is designed to help news media and people in the health field gain a better understanding of which health stories…