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  • Poll Finds Most Mass. Residents Support New Health Reform Law, Including Individual Mandate, As Initial Deadline Nears

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    Wednesday, June 27, 2007 For further information contact:Craig Palosky, KFF, (202) 347-5270Robin Herman, HSPH, (617) 432-4752Chris Murphy, BCBSMA, (617) 246-4851 POLL FINDS MOST MASS. RESIDENTS SUPPORT NEW HEALTH REFORM LAW, INCLUDING INDIVIDUAL MANDATE, AS INITIAL DEADLINE NEARS The Main Reason: They Believe It is “the Right Thing to Do” Many Residents Are Skeptical About the Affordability of Health Coverage for Families Required to Buy Insurance Without State Subsidies As a key July 1 implementation milestone…

  • Major House-to-House Survey Finds New Orleans Area Residents Hit Hard by Katrina and Struggling With Serious Life Challenges

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    African Americans in New Orleans Face Much Heavier Burdens and Are Much More Skeptical Than Whites of Fairness of Recovery Efforts But Most Residents See Progress in Rebuilding and Are Generally Hopeful; Only a Small Number Plan to Leave A new house-to-house survey of people living in Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes documents the devastating impact Hurricane Katrina and the failure to respond quickly and effectively to it has had on the economic…

  • Health Affairs Article: From ‘Soak The Rich’ To ‘Soak The Poor: Recent Trends In Hospital Pricing

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    Health Affairs Article: From 'Soak The Rich' To 'Soak The Poor': Recent Trends In Hospital Pricing The May-June 2007 issue of Health Affairs features a Foundation-supported study on recent trends in hospital pricing, including comparisons of rates charged to self-pay patients versus those with insurance coverage. The article also examies three specific policy options that could lower the markups for self-pay patients: a voluntary effort by hospitals, litigation, and legislation Health Affairs article "From 'Soak…

  • Perspectives on Medicare Part D and Dual Eligibles: Key Informants’ Views From Three States

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    In 2006, low-income individuals receiving health coverage through both the Medicaid and Medicare programs, “dual eligibles,” experienced a change in their prescription drug benefit when their Medicaid prescription coverage was replaced by the Medicare prescription drug program known as Medicare Part D. This study provides information on the ongoing successes and challenges that dual eligibles faced in the first eight months of Part D and how different state approaches may affect dual eligibles’ ability to…

  • The Health Status of African American Men in the United States  

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    The Health Status of African American Men in the United States This fact sheet provides an overview of the health of the nation's 17.3 million African American men, including mortality rates, health status, insurance coverage and access to care. It also looks at the population's socioeconomic factors that relate to health status. Fact Sheet (.pdf)

  • Health Coverage and Access to Care for Hispanics in “New Growth Communities” and “Major Hispanic Centers”

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    Health Coverage and Access to Care for Hispanics in "New Growth Communities" and "Major Hispanic Centers" A new report from the Foundation's Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured finds that as the Hispanic population grows and moves beyond urban centers, Hispanics in "new growth communities" face greater barriers to health care than those in cities considered "major Hispanic centers." By 2003, the uninsured rate for Hispanics in new growth communities rose to a level…

  • Giving Voice to the People of New Orleans: The Kaiser Post-Katrina Baseline Survey

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    This house-to-house survey of people living in the New Orleans area examines the ongoing struggles of residents seeking to recover from the Hurricane Katrina disaster, including a detailed look at differences in views and experiences by race. Designed and analyzed by researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation, the survey provides a portrait of the enormous needs of the population in order to inform recovery efforts and policy development on the Gulf Coast and in Washington.…

  • Report: Giving Voice to the People of New Orleans: The Kaiser Post-Katrina Baseline Survey

    Poll Finding

    This May 2007 Kaiser Family Foundation report is the first of several that will track the progress and challenges facing people living in the New Orleans area in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. To conduct the study, a team of 41 interviewers visited 456 randomly selected census areas, documented the physical condition of nearly 17,000 housing locations and completed interviews with 1,504 randomly chosen adults living in the four parishes between September and November 2006.…

  • Study Shows Uninsured Receive Less Care and Experience Worse Outcomes

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    A new study commissioned by the Kaiser Family Foundation and authored by Dr. Jack Hadley of The Urban Institute and featured in the March 14, 2007, Journal of the American Medical Association theme issue on Access to Care documents that people who are uninsured receive less care and have worse outcomes following an accident or the onset of a new chronic condition than those with insurance. The study -- based on analysis of eight years…