Keeping Medicare and Medicaid When You Work, 2005: A Resource Guide for People with Disabilities, Their Families, and Their Advocates January 30, 2005 Report 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…
External Review of Health Plan Decisions in the States and Medicare October 31, 1998 Report 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…
Will 1999 Be The Year For Mifepristone (RU-486) And, An Update on Women’s Other Options for Very Early Abortion – Fact Sheet August 31, 1998 Fact Sheet 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…
Medicare: Options for Reform, A Public Dialogue on Health Care: The Future of Medicare September 29, 1998 Report A public education brochure describing Medicare reform options that are being considered by Congress. This fact sheet is also a part of a packet of information as part of a joint public information project between Kaiser Family Foundation and League of Women Voters of public meetings held across the United…
Impact of Potential Changes to ERISA: Litigation and Appeals Experience of CalPERS, Other Large Public Employers and a Large California Health Plan – Report May 30, 1998 Report Impact of Potential Changes to ERISA:Litigation and Appeal Experience of CalPERS, Other Large Public Employers and a Large California Health PlanJune 1998By Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.Sandra Hunt, M.P.A.John Saari, M.A.A.A.Kelly Traw, J.D.BackgroundThe Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) currently preempts state law related to the wrongful denial or delay of…
What’s the Diagnosis? Latinos, Media & Health: A Series of Three Reports – Report September 5, 2003 Report What’s the Diagnosis? A Series of Three Reports on Latinos, Media & Health Summary of Key Findings June 1998 Overview: A Series of 3 Reports Latinos are disproportionately affected by some of the most serious health problems facing our country. They are more likely to be uninsured and face problems…
Measuring the Effects of Sexual Content in the Media: A Report to the Kaiser Family Foundation – Report April 29, 1998 Report Measuring the Effects of Sexual Content in the Media: A Report to the Kaiser Family FoundationThis Report is available in Adobe Acrobat FormatAuthor: Drs. Aletha C. Huston, Ellen Wartella, and Edward DonnersteinExecutive SummaryThe Kaiser Family Foundation has an ongoing interest in sexual health among young people and the potential contributions…
Ensuring Linguistic Access in Health Care Settings: Legal Rights and Responsibilities December 30, 1997 Report Executive Summary: Ensuring Linguistic Access In Health Care Settings: Legal Rights and Responsibilities
A Forum on the Implications of Changes in the Health Care Environment for Native American Health Care July 30, 1997 Report With the assistance of the First Nations Development Institute, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation commissioned several studies of critical issues in Native-American health care. These studies examined the trends shaping the future of Native-American health care; the existing health systems and planning capacity in the Native-American health care system;…
Medicare Beneficiaries and HMOs: A Case Study of the New York City Market May 30, 1998 Report Report: Medicare Beneficiaries and HMOs: A Case Study of the New York City Market
