Medicare and Minority Americans June 29, 1999 Fact Sheet As part of The Faces of Medicare, a collection of fact sheets profiling the characteristics and health needs of different groups of Medicare beneficiaries, provides key facts about Medicare’s racial and ethnic minority population, who will account for one in three Americans 65 and older by 2025. Fact Sheet
Medicaid and Managed Care June 29, 1999 Fact Sheet This fact sheet provides an overview of the Medicaid program’s increasing reliance on managed care to deliver services.Fact Sheet
Health Insurance Coverage of Low-Wage Workers May 30, 1999 Fact Sheet This fact sheet summarizes the reasons why low-wage workers are less likely to have employer-sponsored health insurance than workers with higher incomes and therefore, are more likely to be uninsured. Fact Sheet
Abortion Fact Sheet April 30, 1999 Fact Sheet A fact sheet on current facts and statistics on abortion trends, provider profile, and abortion policy, both federal and state. Fact Sheet:
Medicare and Medicaid for the Elderly and Disabled Poor April 29, 1999 Fact Sheet This fact sheet provides an overview of the role of Medicare and Medicaid in serving these beneficiaries, describes the health status of dual Medicare/Medicaid beneficiaries, and discusses issues of managed care and access to care.This fact sheet is a summary of a longer Background Paper (#2132), which is also available.Fact…
Medicare’s Role for Latinos March 30, 1999 Fact Sheet Medicare’s Role for LatinosFact Sheet: The Medicare Program: Medicare’s Role For Latinos
MarketFacts: A Financial Overview of the Managed Care Industry – Fact Sheet February 28, 1999 Fact Sheet A Financial Overview of the Managed Care IndustryMarch 1999Part 1The rapid growth of managed care has brought with it a growing connection between the stock market andhealth care organizations. Health care services have evolved from being delivered by physicians and tax-exempt institutions to a market-driven industry attracting investment capital from…
MarketFacts: A Financial Overview of the Managed Care Industry February 28, 1999 Fact Sheet A fact sheet on the growing influence of for-profit organizations; trends in the stock prices of HMOs and health services companies compared to the overall stock market; recent HMO activity such as premium increases and mergers and acquisitions; and issues related to the financial aspects of HMOs.Fact Sheet Fact Sheet
World AIDS Day 1998 – Youth And AIDS November 29, 1998 Fact Sheet A summary of findings from the Foundation’s survey of teens on HIV, and other relevant facts about how young people are being affected by HIV/AIDS.
Managed Care Consumer Protections Offered by Medium and Large Employers October 30, 1998 Fact Sheet A fact sheet summarizing data from a survey conducted between January and March of 1998 with 1,583 firms with 200 or more workers. The survey, which is conducted annually, focuses on the characteristics of the health benefit plans sponsored by employers.The supplemental questions discussed in this brief were developed jointly…
