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  • Snapshots: Distribution of Out-of-Pocket Spending for Health Care Services

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    How much people should pay out-of-pocket for health care is a much-debated issue in health policy. New health insurance products with higher out-of-pocket shares are becoming more evident in the private market, and some states are considering ways to increase enrollee financial responsibility in state Medicaid programs.  This paper presents information about current out-of-pocket spending by individuals with the purpose of providing context for future health policy discussions. Current proposals suggest that increasing the amount that…

  • Can States Stretch the Medicaid Dollar Without Passing the Buck? Lessons from Utah

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    With the enactment of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, states have gained increased flexibility over benefits and cost sharing for certain currently eligible Medicaid populations without having to obtain a waiver of Medicaid rules. New findings from the Kaiser Family Foundation's 2004 survey of the experiences of Medicaid beneficiaries under Utah's 2002 waiver provide insights into the implications of limited benefits for the low-income population. The results are featured in the March/April edition of…

  • International Health Journalism Fellowship Project – Africa

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    International Health Journalism Fellowship Project: AFRICA About the Project The Kaiser Family Foundation has maintained an extensive program in South Africa for nearly 20 years. Although the Foundation’s work in South Africa focused in the early years mainly on improving the public health system overall, the challenges of the HIV/AIDS epidemic have come to dominate the Foundation’s more recent work there. Over the past 15 years the Foundation has worked extensively with the South African…

  • Health Centers Reauthorization: An Overview of Achievements and Challenges

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    This report reviews the role of community health centers in the nation's health care safety net. Today, over 1,000 federally funded and “look-alike” health centers serve 14.3 million people, three-quarters of whom are uninsured or covered by Medicaid. As health centers look toward legislative reauthorization in 2006, they face several policy challenges reviewed in this report, including an increase in the uninsured populations, potential decreases in Medicaid revenue, and a need to increase health centers'…

  • International Health Journalism Fellowship Project: India

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    International Health Journalism Fellowship Project: INDIA Read more information about HIV/AIDS and related health issues in India on GlobalHealthReporting.org - India Country Page and in the updated fact sheet on HIV/AIDS in India. For a reporting guide on AIDS in India (available in English, Tamil, Marathi and Hindi), see The HIV/AIDS Reporting Guide for India. See the Health e-Letter, a monthly newsletter about public health in India. About the Project The Kaiser Family Foundation announced…

  • International Health Journalism Fellowship Project – Russia

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    International Health Journalism Fellowship Project: RUSSIA/UKRAINE About the Project The Kaiser Family Foundation and Transatlantic Partners Against AIDS joined to create the International Health Journalism Fellowship Project: Russia/Ukraine. The goal of the Media Fellowships Project was to encourage substantive coverage of the health, social, economic, political and cultural implications of HIV/AIDS and associated health problems, as well as policies and programs to address HIV/AIDS in Russia and Ukraine. The program selected journalists to undertake individual…

  • Past Kaiser Media Fellows

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    2001 Kaiser Media Fellows 2000 Kaiser Media Fellows 1999 Kaiser Media Fellows 1998 Kaiser Media Fellows 1997 Kaiser Media Fellows 1996 Kaiser Media Fellows 1995 Kaiser Media Fellows 1994 Kaiser Media Fellows 1993 Kaiser Media Fellows 2001 Kaiser Media Fellows Raney Aronson, producer, FRONTLINE/WGBH, New York CityProject: Alternative medicine."The Alternative Fix," FRONTLINE Bob Davis, medical and science writer, USA TodayProject: Variations in the nation's emergency medical systems and their impacts on survival rates."Six Minutes to…

  • The Implications of a Loss in Public Health Coverage

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    A new Health Affairs article and a policy brief examine the implications of cuts to public coverage programs like Medicaid and SCHIP. The Health Affairs article finds that Medicaid and SCHIP cuts would increase emergency department visits by the uninsured, suggesting that cost containment actions on public coverage programs would shift costs to hospital uncompensated care. The policy brief examines the share of current enrollees in public programs who would have other coverage options if…

  • 2006 Kaiser Media Fellows

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      Laura Beil, freelance journalist, Dallas, TXProject: Abstinence education – the impact, philosophy, curricula and funding"Abstinence education faces an uncertain future" (New York Times, 7/18/07) June Cross, independent documentary film producer, New York City, NYProject: Hurricane Katrina's impact on the healthcare safety net across the country Eric Eyre, reporter, The Charleston (West VA) Gazette, Charleston, WVProject: West Virginia's dental health problems and potential policy solutionsClick here to see Eric's four-part series on dental health in…

  • What Happens When Public Coverage Is No Longer Available?

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    This policy brief examines national data to determine the share of current enrollees of public health coverage programs who would have alternate coverage options if public coverage were no longer available. The authors estimate that no more than 9 percent of low-income adults would have access to an alternative source of insurance in the absence of public coverage. This research suggests that the vast majority of current enrollees affected by cutbacks in eligibility for public…