New Interactive Tool Allows Users to Explore Trends in US Health Spending and Share Custom-Made Charts April 1, 2015 News Release A new interactive tool on the Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker allows users to analyze the most up-to-date data on U.S. health spending, then build, display and share the charts they create. Developed by analysts at the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Health Spending Explorer helps users examine five decades worth of numbers documenting…
Health Care Costs: What You Need To Know April 1, 2015 Event On Wednesday, April 1, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Alliance for Health Reform presented a briefing to explore the trends in health care costs in both the public and private sectors.
Summary of Medicare Provisions in the President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2015 March 11, 2014 Issue Brief On March 4, 2014, the Office of Management and Budget released President Obama’s budget for fiscal year (FY) 2015, which includes provisions related to federal spending and revenues, including Medicare savings. The President’s budget would use federal savings and revenues to reduce the federal debt and replace sequestration of Medicare and other federal programs for 2015 through 2024. This brief summarizes the Medicare provisions included in the President’s budget proposal for FY 2015.
Kaiser Media Fellowships 2014 Washington Site Visits June 17, 2014 Page In June 2014, the Foundation invited a group of journalists with a strong focus on health policy and state health reform to participate in a week-long fellowship program focused on how the Affordable Care Act is shaping Washington State’s health care environment. The site visits in Seattle gave journalists the…
Preparing for Outreach and Enrollment under the Affordable Care Act: Lessons from the States – Briefing and Panel Discussion September 24, 2013 Event With open enrollment beginning Oct. 1, this event examines outreach and enrollment efforts to help millions of uninsured Americans gain coverage in the Affordable Care Act’s new health insurance Marketplaces or through the expansion of state Medicaid programs.
Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker December 4, 2014 Page The Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker is an online hub monitoring how well the U.S. health system is operating through key quality and cost measures. A partnership of the Peterson Center on Healthcare and the Kaiser Family Foundation, the Tracker documents trends in Health Spending, Quality of Care, Access & Affordability, and Health…
New Tracker Monitors the Performance of the U.S. Health System December 4, 2014 News Release The Kaiser Family Foundation, in partnership with the Peterson Center on Healthcare, today announced a new online hub dedicated to monitoring and assessing the performance of the U.S. health system. The Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker provides comprehensive data on how the system is performing on critical quality and cost measures,…
Alliances for Global Health Education: Learning from South-South Collaboration — Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health – The Changing Landscape of Global Public Health: Trends Transforming the Landscape, Continued October 25, 2010 Event Late morning session from The Changing Landscape of Global Public Health at Columbia University.