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Visualizing Health Policy: HIV/AIDS – The State of the Epidemic After 3 Decades
The July 2012 Visualizing Health Policy infographic looks at the state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic after three decades, released during the 19th biannual International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington, D.C. See the full-size infographic at The Journal of the American Medical Association View the related Slideshow Visualizing Health Policy is a monthly…
Infographic Read MoreMedicare at 40
The Kaiser Family Foundation has produced three documentaries to mark the 40th anniversary of Medicare and Medicaid. The documentaries examine the social needs that led policymakers to create these programs, the expectations of what they would achieve and the reality of these programs today. Key policymakers, staff officials and members…
Video Read MoreAIDS At 30: The U.S. Epidemic
“AIDS at 30: The U.S. Epidemic” chronicles the thirty years since the first cases of a rare pneumonia found in young gay men were reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. This four minute video highlights landmarks in the history of AIDS from the discovery of the AIDS virus and…
Video Read MoreAbout the Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program
Barbara Jordan was a former trustee of the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the first black woman from the South elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. As a member of the United States Congress and the Texas State Legislature, Barbara Jordan’s distinguished career was exemplified by her tireless advocacy on behalf…
Page Read MorePast Campaigns
BET – Rap-It-Up View PSAs> The Foundation’s Emmy-award winning campaign with BET undertook a comprehensive and sustained media campaign to educate and inform African American young people about sexual health issues, including HIV/AIDS. The campaign worked to integrate messages across programming genres including: targeted PSAs, original entertainment and news programming,…
Page Read MoreThe Global Health Video Library
The Global Health Video Library is a free, online service for journalists around the world who report on public health issues. The goal of the video library is to provide television reporters and filmmakers — particularly in low and middle income countries — with another tool to accomplish their work. The…
Video Read MoreHIV Animation
This broadcast-quality animation commissioned by the Kaiser Family Foundation illustrates how HIV infects a cell and how antiretroviral treatments combat the virus. It is being provided on a rights-free basis Duration of Clip Reel: 9 min. 18 sec. To download the video, right-click here and select “Save as…”
Video Read MoreNew Reports Find States Expecting 7.4 Percent Growth in Medicaid Spending In Fiscal Year 2011 As the Recession’s Lingering Effects Drive Up Enrollment
States Face New Budget and Workforce Challenges As Temporary Federal Aid Nears End And Health Reform Planning Heats Up WASHINGTON, D.C. – Due to the nation’s deep recession, states experienced rapid growth in their Medicaid enrollment and spending last year and expect additional growth, though at a slower pace, in fiscal…
News Release Read MoreKaiserEDU.org Selects Winning Student Essays Identifying Future Health Policy Challenges
The Kaiser Family Foundation announced the winners of its fourth annual essay contest today, sponsored by the foundation’s educational health policy website, kaiserEDU.org. The contest invited students to identify the major health policy challenges the nation will face in the year 2015 and discuss how the top two priorities should…
News Release Read MoreAmericans Remain Split On Stalled Health Care Legislation, but Some Provisions Popular Among Majorities of Democrats, Independents and Republicans
Most See Delays As Driven By Politics Rather Than Policy MENLO PARK, CA – The latest Kaiser Tracking Poll finds the public still split on health care reform legislation, with 43 percent in favor and 43 percent opposed. However, the poll also finds that majorities of Americans of all political…
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