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  • 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…

  • See No Evil: How Internet Filters Affect the Search for Online Health Information – Appendices

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    See No Evil: How Internet Filters Affect the Search for Online Health Information With a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging mandatory filters in libraries, the Foundation conducted a comprehensive study that indicates Internet filters most frequently used by schools and libraries can effectively block pornography without significantly impeding access to online health information - but only if they aren't set at their most restrictive levels. As filters are set at higher levels…

  • See No Evil: How Internet Filters Affect the Search for Online Health Information – Executive Summary

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    See No Evil: How Internet Filters Affect the Search for Online Health Information With a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court challenging mandatory filters in libraries, the Foundation conducted a comprehensive study that indicates Internet filters most frequently used by schools and libraries can effectively block pornography without significantly impeding access to online health information - but only if they aren't set at their most restrictive levels. As filters are set at higher levels…

  • Low-Income Parents’ Access to Medicaid Five Years After Welfare Reform

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    This policy brief examines health coverage for low-income parents after the 1996 welfare law broke the historical connection between Medicaid coverage and welfare. Many states have altered their rules and some have expanded coverage for low-income working parents. Policy Brief

  • Mason Essif Cuba Report

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    The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Health Care in Cuba By Mason Essif April 21 - May 2, 2001 For ten days the six Fellows of the 2000/2001 Kaiser Media Fellowship program explored and evaluated the health care system of Cuba. They met with doctors, nurses, administrators, experts and government officials. The topics ranged from housing conditions to mental health and from STD/HIV prevention to cardiac surgery. While most of the time was spent in…

  • Media Fellow Ornstein Patchwork care article

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    Bridging Benefit Gaps Patchwork care makes health solution elusive 04/02/2000 By Charles Ornstein Reprinted with permission of The Dallas Morning News Although the vast majority of Americans receive health insurance through their employers, by no means is the quality of coverage the same. Just ask Harry and Louise. The fictional middle-aged couple - created by the nation's insurance lobby - helped undermine public confidence in President Clinton's health-care reform proposal through a series of television…