National Survey on Poverty in America April 29, 2001 Poll Finding Americans aren’t thinking a lot about the poor these days. A new survey by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government found that only about one in 10 Americans names poverty, welfare, or something similar as one of the two top issues government should address.…
Health News Index – January/February, 2001 January 31, 2001 Poll Finding Health News Index January/February, 2001 The January/February, 2001 edition of the Kaiser Family Foundation/HarvardSchool of Public Health, Health News Index includes questions about major health stories covered in the news, including questions about President Bush’s executive order on U.S. funding of international family planning groups. The survey is based on…
Post-Election Survey: The Public and the Health Care Agenda for the New Administration and Congress January 1, 2001 Poll Finding This Kaiser Family Foundation-Harvard School of Public Health survey, conducted immediately after the 2000 Presidential election, finds that health care issues ranked near the top of voters priorities for spending the surplus. Medicare ranked among the top three priorities, along with education and Social Security, and ahead of paying off…
Targeting Medicare Drug Benefits: Costs and Issues May 30, 2001 Report This report, written by Marilyn Moon and Matthew Storeygard of the Urban Institute, estimates the potential cost of targeting drug benefits to low-income Medicare beneficiaries and those with catastrophic drug expenses and discusses some of the key programmatic issues that could arise under this approach. The authors predict that a…
Health News Index – November/December 2000 November 30, 2000 Poll Finding Health News Index November/December, 2000 The November/December 2000 edition of the Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health, Health News Index includes questions about how closely the public is following major health stories covered in the news during November. It also includes a year 2000 summary of the stories Americans…
National Survey of Teens on HIV/AIDS October 31, 2000 Issue Brief Public Knowledge and Attitudes About HIV/AIDS The Kaiser Family Foundation’s 2000, a nationally representative survey of teens ages 12-17, is designed to assess attitudes and knowledge about the epidemic among a generation at risk. The survey, released just prior to World AIDS Day, documents teen perspectives about the impact of…
Issues in the 2000 Election: The Economy October 2, 2000 Poll Finding The Washington Post/Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University national survey on “” is the fourth in a series of surveys examining policy issues in the 2000 national elections. This survey, conducted October 12 – 19, 2000, of a nationally representative sample of registered voters also included an oversample of “Economy”…
National Survey of Consumer Experiences with Health Plans May 30, 2000 Report A national survey of 2,500 insured adult Americans on their experiences with health plans-documents problems people have experienced with their plans, the impact of those problems, and how people resolve their disputes with their health plans. The survey was designed and analyzed by the Kaiser Family Foundation staff with advice…
NewsHour/Kaiser Survey Underscores Difficulties Faced by Those Without Health Insurance April 29, 2000 Report The National Survey on the Uninsured from The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer and the Kaiser Family Foundation is this year's first nationwide survey on Americans' attitudes about the growing uninsured population and the difficulties uninsured people face getting medical care. The survey also assesses public attitudes on options to address…
Medicaid-Related Provisions in the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 March 2, 2000 Report In December, the President signed into law the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, which includes provisions that will give states additional options for extending Medicaid coverage to working disabled individuals. This memo presents an overview of the eligibility options offered under the new legislation (Publication…
