Underinsured in America: Is Health Coverage Adequate? June 30, 2002 Fact Sheet Underinsured in America: Is Health Coverage Adequate?This fact sheet examines the adequacy of health insurance coverage of the insured and focuses on the consequences and future policy challenges of what some experts have defined as “underinsurance.” Fact Sheet
Low-Income Parents’ Access to Medicaid Five Years After Welfare Reform May 31, 2002 Issue Brief This policy brief examines health coverage for low-income parents after the 1996 welfare law broke the historical connection between Medicaid coverage and welfare. Many states have altered their rules and some have expanded coverage for low-income working parents.Policy Brief
Medicaid and State Budgets: An Overview of Five States’ Experiences in 2001 March 1, 2002 Report Medicaid and State Budgets: An Overview of Five States' Experiences in 2001This issue paper provides an overview of several of the key themes that emerged across case studies of Idaho, Indiana, Missouri, North Carolina, and Texas on the role of Medicaid in states budgets.Issue Paper
Medicaid: Purchasing Prescription Drugs December 31, 2001 Issue Brief Medicaid: Purchasing Prescription DrugsA policy brief explaining how Medicaid purchases outpatient drugs and outlining the policy tools available to states to limit the rate of growth in spending on prescription drugs. Policy Brief (28 pages)
Health News Index – July/August 2002 July 31, 2002 Poll Finding Health News Index July/August, 2002 The Health News Index measures public attention to and knowledge about leading health stories covered in the news in June and July, including discussions in Congress about a Medicare prescription drug benefit; a report from the National Institutes of Health on hormone replacement therapy; and…
National Survey of the Public’s Attitudes towards HIV/AIDS June 29, 2002 Poll Finding WP/Harvard/KFF National Survey of the Public s Attitudes towards HIV/AIDSThe Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University Survey Project’s latest findings appeared in articles in The Washington Post on July 6 and July 7, 2002. This survey explores the public s attitudes towards HIV/AIDS in the US and the World. Toplines/Survey
As Seen on TV: Health Policy Issues in TV’s Medical Dramas – Executive Summary June 30, 2002 Report As Seen on TV: Health Policy Issues in TV s Medical DramasThe popularity of hospital-based TV shows and the recent Hollywood movie, John Q, have raised questions about the extent to which the entertainment media engage health policy issues and how those issues are portrayed. This is the executive summary…
Sexual Activity and Substance Use Among Youth February 6, 2002 Fact Sheet Teens and young adults face many pressures and decisions involving alcohol, drugs, and sexual activity decisions that often occur simultaneously. Almost one quarter of sexually active young people aged 15-24 report having sex without a condom because they were drinking or using drugs at the time. These findings are from…
Analyses of Kaiser Permanente Services for Insured Children July 2, 2002 Report Analyses of the Child Health Plan and Other Kaiser Permanente Services for Publicly and Privately Insured Children, a new policy brief prepared for the Kaiser Family Foundation and the California HealthCare Foundation by the Institute for Health Policy Studies at U.C. San Francisco, summarizes the results and policy implications of…
Caring for Immigrants: Health Care Safety Nets in Los Angeles, New York, Miami, and Houston February 1, 2001 Report A background report that assesses how various factors influence changes in the health care system for immigrants in four urban areas with large immigrant populations (Los Angeles, New York, Houston, and Miami.)Background Paper