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An 8-page policy brief to inform the policy debate in California about health plan liability issues, including barriers to lawsuits (ERISA), liability approaches used in other industries, and potential impact on premiums. The brief includes a variety of perspectives presented by speakers at a California Health Policy Roundtable held in…

Medicare’s Role for LatinosFact Sheet: The Medicare Program: Medicare’s Role For Latinos

This report provides a comprehensive description of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) and compares the FEHBP and Medicare programs as they are currently structured. It reviews evidence on the performance of FEHBP and examines the implications of restructuring Medicare to conform to a FEHBP-based plan. Overall, the report…

Sex on TV: Content and Context:A Biennial Report to the Kaiser Family Foundation Report available in PDF format Report (in PDF Format) Executive Summary (in PDF Format) Chart Pack (in PDF Format)Sex on TV: Content and Context:A Biennial Report to the Kaiser Family Foundation

Sex on TV: A Biennial Report to the Kaiser Family FoundationThis study examines both the amount and the nature of television's sexual messages, paying special attention to references to such issues as contraception, safer sex, and waiting to have sex. The study looked at 1351 programs across ten different channels,…

This document highlights key data from separate surveys of pharmacists and physicians related to the new Medicare drug benefit. Chartpack (.pdf)

The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA), signed into law on February 8, 2006, contains a large number of changes in Medicaid policy that are expected to affect almost all elements of the Medicaid program—eligibility, benefits and cost-sharing, provider payments and program integrity. In most instances the policy changes are…

This guide helps to explain the program rules for Medicare and Medicaid with regard to work. Medicare and Medicaid have come to play important roles in the lives and the futures of roughly 20 million children, adults, and seniors with disabilities – and this guide gives people with disabilities new…

An analysis of the external review process, the formal dispute resolution process established by state or federal agencies, independent of disputing parties, that has the capacity to evaluate and resolve at least those disputes involving medical issues. This paper identifies critical features of external review systems in thirteen states and…

Abortion in the U.S. Most abortions in the U.S. today are performed surgically, typically using vacuum aspiration (VA). 9 in 10 abortions occur within the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.5 Surgical abortions can be performed as early as pregnancy is first detected, using electric VA or manual vacuum aspiration (MVA).21…