Americans Willing to Pay for Improving Schools September 7, 1999 Poll Finding News Release Americans Willing to Pay for Improving Schools Public Approves of Higher Taxes for Schools, but Insists on Fairness in How the Money Is Spent; Support Weak for Vouchers, Unclear for Charter Schools A new survey on education released today shows that Americans think education is so important they…
Profiles of Disability: Employment and Health Coverage September 2, 1999 Report This Background Paper presents information on the disabled population, as well as alternative definitions of disability and the resulting impact on population estimates of the disabled population. In addition, this paper presents a profile of non-elderly persons with disabilities, including work status and health insurance coverage, and concludes with a…
Managed Care and Low-Income Populations: Four Years’ Experience with TennCare September 1, 1999 Report Managed Care and Low-Income Populations: Four Years’ Experience with TennCare This report updates an earlier study of Tennessee’s experience with restructuring their Medicaid programs. It is one of a series of reports from The Kaiser/ Commonwealth Low-Income Coverage and Access Project. This project examines how changes in the Medicaid program…
Beneath the Averages: An Analysis of Medicare and Private Expenditures September 1, 1999 Report This report compares Medicare and private health insurance per capita spending between 1970 and 1997, demonstrating that Medicare has done better or as well as the private sector in controlling the growth in health spending. Using National Health Expenditure accounts data, the analysis reveals the cumulative increase in per capita…
Managed Care for Low-Income Populations with Special Needs: The Tennessee Experience September 1, 1999 Report This report focuses on Tennessee’s experience in moving their disabled Medicaid beneficiaries into managed care.
Implementation of Managed Care Consumer Protections in Missouri, New Jersey, Texas and Vermont Overview September 1, 1999 Report This study goes beyond the legislative debates over expanded patients' rights to explore how managed care consumer protections have actually been implemented in four states (Missouri, New Jersey, Texas & Vermont) all of which have been active in this area. The study describes the details of the reforms, the issues…
Reality Check: South Africans’ Views of the New South Africa August 31, 1999 Report Reality Check: South Africans’ Views of the New South Africa A Report on a National Survey of the South Africa People, 1999 Reality Check is a joint project of the Henry J.Kaiser Family Foundation and Independent Newspapers. It is based on a national representative survey conducted face to face with…
Alternative Approaches to Liability: Models for Health Plan Liability August 31, 1999 Report This report looks at the different ways in which liability is handled in a number of industries, and explores how these models might apply to health plans. The report also discusses health plan liability in the context of the ongoing Consumer Protection debate.Report: Models for Health Plan Liability
The Second Kaiser Family Foundation Survey of Health Care in South Africa August 31, 1999 Report The 2nd Annual Kaiser Family Foundation National Household Survey of approximately 4,000 South African households measures changes since the first survey (in 1998) in key demographics, public health, and health status indicators. The survey also establishes data on access to health care and factors affecting access, such as the cost…
Implementation of Managed Care Consumer Protections in Missouri, New Jersey, Texas & Vermont August 31, 1999 Report This study goes beyond the legislative debates over expanded patients' rights to explore how managed care consumer protections have actually been implemented in four states (Missouri, New Jersey, Texas & Vermont) all of which have been active in this area. The study describes the details of the reforms, the issues…
