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Impact of Potential Changes to ERISA: Litigation and Appeals Experience of CalPERS, Other Large Public Employers and a Large California Health Plan
The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) currently preempts state law related to the wrongful denial or delay of health benefits to the extent that such laws relate to a health benefit plan sponsored by a private employer. This report examines the frequency, nature and costs associated with the appeals…
Report Read More Benefits and Costs of Consumer Protection Proposals in California: An Analysis of Selected Recommendations of the California Managed Care Task Force
This report assesses the potential impact of selected recommendations of the Managed Health Care Improvement Task Force in the areas of access to care and specialists, information disclosure, and dispute resolution. The Managed Health Care Improvement Task Force was established in 1998 to inform state leaders about the health industry…
Report Read More Medicare Beneficiaries and HMOs: A Case Study of the New York City Market
Report: Medicare Beneficiaries and HMOs: A Case Study of the New York City Market
Report Read More 1998 National Survey of Latinos on HIV/AIDS – Report (HTML version)
1998 National Survey of Latinos on HIV/AIDS This Report is also available in PDF in English (.pdf) en Espanol (.pdf) CONTENTS Introduction The Latino Population in the United States Epidemiology and Transmission of HIV/AIDS The Health Gap and Access to Care Latino’s Perceptions of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Methodology Findings Language and Perceptions…
Report Read More Parents, Children and the Television Ratings System: Two Kaiser Family Foundation Surveys
The television ratings system was designed to help address concerns about television content by giving parents assistance in monitoring what their children watch. This survey asks parents and children about their knowledge, opinions and use of the TV ratings system. 446 children ages 10-17 were also interviewed. The survey was…
Report Read More Kaiser Family Foundation National Survey of Latinos on HIV/AIDS
A random-sample national survey of 802 Latino adults, 18 years and older. The survey, designed by staff at the Foundation and conducted by telephone in both English and Spanish by Princeton Survey Research Associates (PSRA), examines Latino’s knowledge, values and beliefs with respect to HIV and AIDS. The survey data…
Poll Finding Read More Measuring the Effects of Sexual Content in the Media: A Report to the Kaiser Family Foundation – 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…
Report Read More Measuring the Effects of Sexual Content in the Media: A Report to the Kaiser Family Foundation
Measuring the Effects of Sexual Content in the Media: A Report to the Kaiser Family FoundationThis report provides a history of the research on sexual content in the media, an overview of the methods available for studying the effects of media, a discussion of some of the difficulties in doing…
Report Read More Kaiser/Harvard Health News Index, March/April 1998
Health News Index March/April, 1998 The March/April 1998 edition of the Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard Health News Index includes questions about major health issues covered in the news, including questions about Cancer and Social Security. The survey is based on a national random sample of 1,201 Americans conducted April 17-27, 1998…
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