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Medicaid and the Elderly
This policy brief explains the Medicaid's program's relationship to the elderly and provides information on beneficiaries and expenditures. Also discussed is Medicaid coverage of long-term care and nursing home care for the elderly.Policy Brief Policy Brief
Issue Brief Read More The Use of Mainstream Media to Encourage Social Responsibility: The International Experience
An examination of how other countries have used the popular media to promote social responsibility, particularly in the area of sexual and reproductive behavior. In addition to providing an overview about the evolution of “entertainment-education,” the report provides case studies of initiatives world-wide ranging from Mexican “telenovelas” to an Indian…
Report Read More The Use of Mainstream Media to Encourage Social Responsibility: The International Experience – Report
The Use of Mainstream Media to Encourage Social Responsibility:The International ExperienceExecutive SummaryThe Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation commissioned the Advocates for Youth Media Project to carry out a study titled The Use of Mainstream Media to Encourage Social Responsibility: The International Experience. The study examines the outcomes of programs using…
Report Read More Block Grants In Health and The States: Concerns and Criteria-1090
Block Grants In Health and The States: Concerns and CriteriaThis report examines some issues raised surrounding block grants and suggests some criteria that might be used to examine proposals during the current debate.Report: Block Grants In Health and The States
Report Read More The California Single-Payer Debate, The Defeat of Proposition 186
A report summarizing the campaigns of proponents and opponents to the California Health Security Act (Proposition 186) of 1994. The report includes findings from research commissioned by the Kaiser Family Foundation on the potential financial and administrative impact of the Act on California, as well as an analysis of the…
Report Read More Medical Savings Accounts for Medicare Beneficiaries
This report provides an analysis of key issues in the design and implementation of medical savings accounts for the Medicare population. It focuses on benefit design, eligibility, enrollment, risk selection and adjustment, and the effects of managed care.Report:
Report Read More Medicaid and Managed Care – Policy Brief
Medicaid and Managed Care June 1995 This year, Medicaid will finance health and long-term care services to more than 35 million low-income Americans. In its role as a purchaser of health services for low-income families, Medicaid increasingly relies on managed care to deliver care. Almost 8 million Medicaid beneficiaries, predominately…
Issue Brief Read More Medicaid and Managed Care
This policy brief highlights Medicaid's use of managed care, describes key findings from the literature with regard to access, costs and quality of care and discusses issues related to Medicaid and managed care. Information on Medicaid enrollment in managed care at the state level is also included.Policy Brief Policy Brief
Issue Brief Read More Analysis of New York Health Care Expenditures: 1994-2000
Report: Analysis of New York Health Care Expenditures 1994-2000
Report Read More What Shapes Lawmakers’ Views: A Survey of Members of Congress and Key Staff on Health Care Reform
A report summarizing the findings of in-depths interviews conducted with Members of Congress and their staff who were actively involved in the health care reform debate about their opinions about what factors influenced the debate and shaped their views. The report finds that, among media sources, talk radio had the…
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