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  • Link to the Women’s Research and Education Institute

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    Baby Boom to Generation X: Progress in Young Women's Health Baby Boom to Generation X: Progress in Young Women's Health, by Alina Salganicoff, Barbara Wentworth, and Liberty Greene of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a chapter from The American Woman 2003-2004, Daughters of a Revolution--Young Women Today, Cynthia Costello, Vanessa Wight, and Anne J. Stone, editors. The chapter explores the changes that have taken place in young women's health over the past twenty-five years. It discusses…

  • Where Is The Growth in the Uninsured Population Coming From?

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    The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured co-sponsored a policy briefing today to discuss the dynamics of the uninsured population in America. In 2001, the uninsured population grew by 1.4 million people. To increase understanding of who these people are and answer the question of whether the uninsured problem was shifting to higher-income Americans, findings from two new KCMU reports were presented. You may also view background materials on the uninsured and a webcast…

  • How Do M+C Plans Manage Pharmacy Benefits? Implications for Medicare Reform

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    Understanding how Medicare+Choice (M+C) plans manage their drug benefits may generate important lessons for Medicare. This report, based on interviews with both national and regional managed care firms, provides an in-depth look at how plans have managed their M+C outpatient pharmacy benefits in recent years. Findings show that plans rely on a number of cost management strategies to constrain the growth in drug spending including formularies, tiered-copayments, mail-order benefits, and fixed caps or dollar limits…

  • The Kaiser Media Mini-Fellowships in Health for 1997-2001

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    Prior to 2003, travel and research grants were awarded to print and broadcast journalists and editors to report on health policy and public health issues for publication/broadcast. For details of the mini-fellowship awards for 1997-2001, see below. Click here to see Mini-Fellows' Work Fourteen journalists were awarded Kaiser Media Mini-Fellowships in 2001/2002, to research and report on the following issues: Constance Alexander, freelance writer and independent producer, WKMS-FM: End-of-life issues in rural western Kentucky.Jenni Bergal,…

  • Compendium of Cultural Competence Initiatives in Health Care

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    Public and private sector organizations are involved in a number of activities that seek to reduce cultural and communication barriers to health care. These activities are often described as cultural competency and/or cross-cultural education. A recent Institute of Medicine report recommended that the health care system pursue several of these techniques as part of a multi-level strategy to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in medical care. To address this need, the Henry J. Kaiser Family…

  • Recent Fellows’ Work

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    : John Cutter, freelance health/aging writer, St. Petersburg, FL Robert Davis, medical and science writer, USA Today Fred de Sam Lazaro, correspondent, The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer; executive producer; KTCA-Twin Cities Public Television, St. Paul, MN Mason Essif, segment producer, HealthWeek-PBS, Washington, DC Don Finley, science, medicine and environment editor, The San Antonio Express-News Merrill Goozner, freelance journalist and associate professor of journalism, New York University Andrew Julien, health/medical writer, The Hartford Courant Madge Kaplan,…

  • Online Resources Fact Sheet

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    Online Resources for Health Policy Information, Research, and Analysis Key Facts and In-depth Analysis on Timely Health Policy IssuesAccess reports, chartbooks, and fact sheets that provide background and detailed analysis on timely issues such the rising numbers of uninsured, Medicare reform, how states' fiscal situations are affecting Medicaid, rising health care costs, global HIV/AIDS, racial disparities, and women's health policy. Weekly Updates of Health Policy Activity on the HillListen to Health on the Hill with…

  • Linda Wright Moore Article – Race and Health Care

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    The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation At the Heart of Race and Health Care 11/27/00 By Linda Wright Moore Reprinted with permission of Philadelphia Daily News Dr. Charles Bridges, assistant professor of surgery at Penn's medical school and clinical director of cardiac surgery at Pennsylvania Hospital, understands that racial disparities in health care are much more than skin deep. That premise is clear in his latest research, a study of differences in the death rates…

  • Charles Ornstein Article – Fourth in Series on How Firms Choose Health Plans

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    The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Behind-scenes Look Shows How Firm Chose Health Plans Fourth in an occasional series 12/24/2000 By Charles Ornstein Reprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News "Health insurance is obviously an important decision," said Mr. Gilmore, 56, a vendor training coordinator for Verizon Communications Inc. "But it's taken on a little bit less importance because we've been satisfied with Cigna, and my kids are older now and they're both married…

  • The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: Recent Mini-Fellows’ Work

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    The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation: Recent Mini-Fellows' Work Recent Mini-Fellows' Work: Jenni Bergal, reporter, The Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL Karen Brown, health and general assignment reporter, WFCR-FM public radio Dan Collison, independent radio and television documentary producer Elena de la Cruz, features writer, La Opinion, Los Angeles Liz Doup, reporter, The Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL Susan Leffler, independent special projects producer, West Virginia Public Radio Network Sharon Lerner, reporter and columnist, The Village Voice…