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  • Benefit Design and Formularies of Medicare Drug Plans: A Comparison of 2006 and 2007 Offerings

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    This analysis provides a profile of the 2007 Medicare Part D stand-alone drug plans that are being offered to the program’s 43 million beneficiaries for 2007 and highlights some of the changes in plans between 2006 and 2007. It looks at premiums, covered drugs, the amount enrollees pay to fill a prescription, and other key features that would affect out-of-pocket costs and access to drugs for people with Medicare. The report describes the 1,875 stand-alone…

  • Health Coverage for Low-Income Americans:  An Evidence-Based Approach to Public Policy

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    Health Coverage for Low-Income Americans: An Evidence-Based Approach to Public Policy This report offers an evidence-based framework for developing public policy approaches to covering low-income Americans. The first part of the report is devoted to the question: What is the role for publicly sponsored health insurance? The second part turns to seven central issues in structuring a publicly sponsored health insurance program for the low-income population. The report outlines each of these issues, provides a…

  • Data Note: Voters Views of the Economy: What’s Health Care Got to Do With It?

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    Voters frequently cite the economy as a key issue in determining their preferences in any given election. At the same time, many people report that they are very worried about the rising costs of health care, naming it as a top personal concern. This Public Opinion Data Note focuses on how much the two points are related, and to what extent concerns about health care costs drive impressions about the economy as a whole. When…

  • Changes in Employees’ Health Insurance Coverage, 2001-2005

    Issue Brief

    This paper examines the underlying reasons behind the decline in employer coverage among employees from 2001 to 2005. The paper finds that almost half of the decline in employer-sponsored coverage was due to a loss of employer sponsorship. Another quarter of the decline was due to lost eligibility for benefits or losing access as a dependent of another employee. The remaining quarter of the decline was due to employees not participating in the offer of…

  • New Reports Analyze Latest Data on Health Coverage, Examine the Decline in Employer-Sponsored Coverage

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    Several reports examining the latest health coverage trends and profiling the nation's uninsured population were released at a Capitol Hill briefing. One report finds that despite the improving economy, the percentage of the population with employer-sponsored insurance continued to decline while the number of the uninsured continued to increase. A second report determines that nearly three-fourths of the decline in employer coverage was due to a loss in employer sponsorship or eligibility for coverage. Why…

  • Forum on CDC’s New HIV Testing Recommendations

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    Forum on CDC's New HIV Testing Recommendations The Kaiser Family Foundation hosted a panel discussion on October 3 in Washington, D.C., to explore the implications of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's revised recommendations on HIV testing, which say HIV tests should become a routine part of medical care for patients ages 13 to 64. Kaiser Vice President and Director of HIV Policy Jennifer Kates moderated a panel discussion that included Bernard Branson, M.D.,…

  • Source: Kaiser Family Foundation Survey on Americans and AIDS/HIV: November 1995

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    What do you think is the most urgent health problem facing this nation today? Is there another health problem you think is almost as urgent? Subpopulation/Note: Adds to more than 100% due to multiple responses. 44 AIDS or HIV 27 Cancer 27 Health care costs and health insurance/access 11 Heart 4 Drugs 4 Elderly 15 Other 8 Health care – access 8 Don’t know/Refused Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by…

  • Source: Public Knowledge About AIDS/HIV Survey: September 1997

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    What do you think is the most urgent health problem facing this nation today? Is there another health problem you think is almost as urgent? Subpopulation/Note: Adds to more than 100% due to multiple responses 38% AIDS38 Cancer21 Health insurance/access/cost16 Heart5 Drugs3 Smoking/cigarettes2 Elderly2 Excess weight/obesity2 Diabetes14 Other8 Don't know/Refused Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates, September 17-October 19, 1997 and based on telephone interviews with…

  • Source: Kaiser Health Poll Report Survey: October 2005

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    What do you think is the MOST urgent health problem facing this nation TODAY?  Is there another health problem you think is almost as urgent? Total exceeds 100% due to multiple responses 36 Cancer 16 AIDS or HIV 16 Health care – cost 14 Lack of good nutrition/junk foods/obesity/weight disorder 14 Heart disease 11 Health insurance/The uninsured 8 Diabetes 5 Health care – access 4 Smoking 4 Drugs 4 Bird Flu/Flu 3 Elderly 2 Pollution/environment/contamination…

  • Overview of Kaiser Activities and Resources for the XVI International AIDS Conference

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    WEBCASTING In collaboration with the International AIDS Society, the Toronto Local Host and co-organizers of the conference, Kaiser provides free, online access to the archived conference proceedings to NGOs, news organizations, policymakers, researchers and others on kaisernetwork.org. The daily coverage included: Live and tape-delayed webcasts and transcripts of each day's sessions, including the opening and closing sessions, all plenary sessions, and selected other sessions and press conferences. English-, French- and Spanish-language audio podcasts of select…