Ashley Kirzinger January 25, 2016 Person Ashley Kirzinger is director of survey methodology and associate director of the Public Opinion and Survey Research Program, where she helps direct the organization’s polling work and is responsible for overseeing and managing the survey research process within the organization. This includes designing and implementing survey methodologies, ensuring the accuracy…
Liz Hamel March 20, 2013 Person Liz Hamel is vice president and director of public opinion and survey research at KFF. She oversees the team that is responsible for the KFF Health Tracking Poll, the COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor, and ongoing survey partnerships with news organizations such as The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and CNN. In…
Grace Sparks January 20, 2021 Person Grace is a survey analyst for the Public Opinion and Survey Research team of KFF. Before joining KFF, Grace wrote about polling for CNN and was part of the team at HuffPost Pollster. Grace attended the College of Wooster in Ohio.
Stephanie Oum May 6, 2015 Person Stephanie Oum is a senior policy analyst with the Global Health & HIV Policy program at KFF, where her work focuses on the U.S. government’s role in global health. She provides policy and data analysis on a wide range of topics, including the U.S. global health budget, international donor assistance…
Maria T. Peña December 9, 2022 Person Maria Peña is a Senior Policy Analyst with KFF’s Program on Medicare Policy and Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured where she focuses primarily on policy research related to people who are dually enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid (dual-eligible individuals). Dr. Peña comes to KFF from the World Health Organization…
Explaining Litigation Challenging the ACA’s Preventive Services Requirements: Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra May 15, 2023 Issue Brief This brief explains the preventive services coverage requirements, the basis of the Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra lawsuit, next steps in the litigation, and the potential implications.
Breaking Down the U.S. Global Health Budget by Program Area April 18, 2023 Fact Sheet The U.S. government is the largest donor to global health in the world. This fact sheet breaks down the U.S. global health budget by program area: HIV/PEPFAR; tuberculosis; malaria/the President’s Malaria Initiative; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; maternal & child health; nutrition; family planning & reproductive health; global health security; and neglected tropical diseases.
Faces of Medicaid September 17, 2015 Video The “Faces of Medicaid” video series highlights the range of experience and diverse roles that Medicaid plays in the lives of Americans across the U.S. These stories of individuals on Medicaid go beyond statistics and provide insight into the range of personal experiences with the program.
The Cost of Cancer February 5, 2009 Video This Kaiser Family Foundation documentary explores the financial consequences faced by three people, all privately insured, after being diagnosed with cancer. It was released in conjunction with a joint Kaiser/American Cancer Society report, “Spending To Survive: Cancer Patients Confront Holes in the Health Insurance System.” To download the video, right-click…
Old and Poor: America’s Forgotten March 5, 2014 Video While the Census Bureau’s official poverty measure shows 9 percent of seniors nationally live in poverty, the share climbs to about one in seven seniors (15 percent) under the Bureau’s alternative Supplemental Poverty Measure, which takes into account out-of-pocket health expenses and geographic differences in the cost of living. Produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation, Old and Poor: America’s Forgotten provides a portrait of seniors who are living in poverty, in both urban and rural areas across the United States.