Map: Counties at Risk of Zero Insurers Offering Plans in the 2018 Marketplace June 20, 2017 News Release Ahead of the June 21 federal deadline for insurers to submit rates for healthcare.gov, the Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new map that will track counties at risk of zero insurers offering plans in the 2018 marketplace. Compiled from a Foundation analysis of insurer filings and news reports, the…
Premiums and Tax Credits under the Affordable Care Act vs. the Senate Better Care Reconciliation Act: Interactive Maps July 24, 2017 Interactive This map compares county-level projections of premiums and tax credits for marketplace enrollees under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2020 with estimates for the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA) as unveiled July 20 by Senate Republicans.
Health Care and the 2004 Elections: Health Care for Americans with Disabilities October 1, 2004 Issue Brief Health Care for Americans with DisabilitiesDownload a printable .pdf of Health Care and the 2004 Elections: Health Care for Americans with Disabilities.IssueBackgroundHealth CoveragePrescription Drugs Under Public ProgramsCoverage of Long-Term Services and SupportsFinancing Medicaid and MedicareAssessing Candidate PositionsIssueMore than 50 million individuals, or roughly one in five Americans, have a disability.…
Topline: 2006 Update on Consumers’ Views of Patient Safety and Quality Information September 1, 2006 Poll Finding These toplines provide the complete survey questions and findings from the updated Kaiser Family Foundation/U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality survey conducted in August 2006. The survey captures the public’s views and knowledge of medical errors as well as their experiences with improving the quality of their care.Toplines (.pdf)
What Have We Learned and Where Do We Go From Here? Three Years of the National Healthcare Disparities Report April 1, 2006 Event The first National Healthcare Disparities Report was issued by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in 2003. Now, three years later, the Kaiser Family Foundation hosts a forum to discuss what has been learned following the release of AHRQ’s latest progress report on disparities, and how that information can…
Health Care and the 2004 Elections: Race, Ethnicity and Health Care September 30, 2004 Issue Brief Race, Ethnicity and Health CareDownload a printable .pdf of Health Care and the 2004 Elections: Race, Ethnicity and Health Care.IssueBackgroundRaising Public and Provider Awareness Expanding Health CoverageImproving the Number and Capacity of Providers in Underserved CommunitiesIncreasing the Knowledge BaseAssessing Candidate PositionsIssueRacial and ethnic disparities in health care – whether in…
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…
Walgreens, Ebony Encourage Americans to “Be Greater Than AIDS” June 21, 2011 News Release NEWS RELEASE June 21, 2011 Free HIV Testing, Targeted HIV/AIDS Resources at Walgreens Stores in Heavily Affected Areas Walgreens is teaming up with Greater Than AIDS, a national campaign in response to HIV/AIDS in the United States, to distribute informational resources and specialized HIV-related services at more than 300 Walgreens…
Scoring Savings: How Can Quality Improvement Reduce Health Care Costs? June 30, 2009 Event The Alliance for Health Reform and the United Health Foundation co-sponsored this briefing on reducing health care costs while improving quality. Panelists engage in a full discussion of the issues looking at both federal spending and at national expenditures on health and address the following questions: How can the private…