Women’s Health Issues Journal: Women, Private Health Insurance, and the Affordable Care Act November 25, 2015 Issue Brief In this issue of the Women’s Health Issues journal, Alina Salganicoff and Laurie Sobel discuss how the private insurance reforms and expansions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) have affected access to coverage for women and where gaps remain.
Visualizing Health Policy: Primary Care Practitioners’ Perspectives on Delivery System Changes November 25, 2015 News Release This Visualizing Health Policy infographic is based on a survey of primary care clinicians in early 2015 and delves into primary care practitioners’ (PCPs’) perspectives on recent changes to the health care delivery system.
Survey of Americans on Race November 24, 2015 Report In the last couple of years, several incidents in which African Americans were mistreated or in some cases killed by police have sparked renewed public attention to the issue of race relations in America. To better understand the current status of the issue, the Kaiser Family Foundation and CNN surveyed the U.S. public to gauge their views of race in America and personal experiences with discrimination or racism, with a focus on the views and experiences of Black and Hispanic people in America.
New KFF/CNN Survey on Race Finds Deep Divisions in How Blacks, Whites and Hispanics Experience and View Race Relations, Discrimination and the Police November 24, 2015 News Release With racial incidents and concerns continuing to make national headlines, a new Kaiser Family Foundation/CNN Survey of Americans on Race probes deeply into the public’s experiences on racial issues and the dramatic differences in the ways people of different races view them. The survey looks at the views and experiences…
Why Painkiller Addiction and Abuse Are Rising Health-Care Priorities November 24, 2015 News Release In his latest column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman uses new polling to explore why painkiller abuse and addiction is rising as a health issue among state and federal policymakers. All previous columns by Drew Altman are available online.
Health Insurance Marketplace Calculator Updated for 2016 November 24, 2015 News Release The Kaiser Family Foundation’s Health Insurance Marketplace Calculator is now updated to include local data on 2016 health plans that are being sold through the Affordable Care Act marketplaces. The Spanish-language version of the calculator is also updated.
Visualizing Health Policy: Primary Care Practitioners’ Perspectives on Delivery System Changes November 24, 2015 Infographic This infographic takes a look at primary care practioners’ (PCPs’) perspectives on recent changes to the health care delivery system.
Why Painkiller Addiction and Abuse Are Rising Health-Care Priorities November 24, 2015 Perspective In this column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman uses new polling to explore why painkiller abuse and addiction is rising as a health issue among state and federal policymakers.
