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  • Welfare Reform and Elderly Legal Immigrants – Report

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    Welfare Reform and Elderly Legal Immigrants Prepared by: Robert B. Friedland and Veena Pankaj National Academy on Aging, Washington DC July 1997 Prepared for: The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, based in Menlo Park, California, is an independentnational health philanthropy and is not associated with Kaiser Permanente or Kaiser Industries. Established in 1948 by industrialist Henry J. Kaiser and his wife Bess, the Foundation focusesits work on four main…

  • Working Families at Risk: Coverage, Access, Cost and Worries

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    Many Working Families Struggle To Get Needed Care And Pay Medical Bills Three-Quarters of the Currently or Recently Uninsured Are in Working Families Nearly Half of Uninsured Adults in Working Families Have Access or Bill Problems Embargoed for release until: 10:00 a.m., EST, Monday, December 8, 1997 For further Information contact: Chris Ferris (202)347-5270 or Mary Mahon (212)606-3853 Washington, D.C.-- Three in four American adults who do not have health insurance or who have experienced…

  • Impact of Potential Changes to ERISA: Litigation and Appeals Experience of CalPERS, Other Large Public Employers and a Large California Health Plan – Report

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    Impact of Potential Changes to ERISA: Litigation and Appeal Experience of CalPERS, Other Large Public Employers and a Large California Health Plan June 1998 By Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.Sandra Hunt, M.P.A.John Saari, M.A.A.A.Kelly Traw, J.D. Background The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) currently preempts state law related to the wrongful denial or delay of health benefits to the extent that such laws relate to a health benefit plan sponsored by a private employer. This…

  • Kaiser Family Foundation National Survey of Latinos on HIV/AIDS – News Release

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    Two New Studies On Latinos And AIDS In America: Survey Of Latinos Finds Widespread Concern About HIV/AIDS; Impact Of Disease Felt "Close To Home" Report Documents Impact Of AIDS/HIV On Hispanics And Offers Guidance For Community Health Providers Embargoed For Release Until:9:30 am, ET, Friday, May 1, 1998 For Further Information Contact: Tina Hoff or Matt James/KFF(650) 854-9400 Xiomara Sosa/COSSMHO(202) 797-4335 Washington, DC -- Next week Latino leaders will gather at Harvard University for the…

  • Is There Room for Conscience without Compromising Access? Are Affiliations Between Religious and Secular Health Care Organizations Threatening Access?

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    These resources were prepared for a briefing held for journalists in New York City on November 4, 1997 in New York City as part of a joint program by The Alan Guttmacher Institute, The Kaiser Family Foundation and the National Press Foundation. This program focused on mergers, acquisitions, consolidations, joint ventures, and other affiliations between Catholic and non-Catholic hospitals and health systems and the effect these affiliations have on access to reproductive health services.

  • Estimated Costs of Selected Consumer Protection Proposals: A Cost Analysis of the President’s Advisory Commission’s Consumer Bill of Rights

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    Leading Health Care Consumer Protection Proposals Would Result In Modest Premium Increases for HMOS New Cost Analysis of Consumer Protections:Major Provisions of President's Consumer Bill of Rights and PARCA Estimated to Raise Premiums by Less Than 1% Embargoed for release until: 9:00 a.m., EDT, Wednesday, April 22, 1998 For further information contact:Chris Ferris (202) 347-5270or Matt James (650) 854-9400 Washington, DC - A new independent cost analysis finds that the premium increases likely to result…

  • 1998 National Survey of Latinos on HIV/AIDS – Report (HTML version)

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    1998 National Survey of Latinos on HIV/AIDSThis Report is also available in PDF in English (.pdf) en Espanol (.pdf) CONTENTS Introduction The Latino Population in the United States Epidemiology and Transmission of HIV/AIDS The Health Gap and Access to Care Latino's Perceptions of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Methodology Findings Language and Perceptions of HIV/AIDS Regional Location and Perceptions of HIV/AIDS among Latinos Income, Education and Attitudes Towards/Knowledge of HIV/AIDS Among Latinos Religion and Perceptions of HIV/AIDS among Latinos…

  • Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University School of Public Health:  Update on Americans’ Views and Experiences in Managed Care

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    Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University School of Public Health: Update on Americans' Views and Experiences in Managed Care The Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University School of Public Health: Update on Americans' Views and Experiences in Managed Care is based on findings from the April 1998 Kaiser Harvard News Interest Index. The survey was designed and analyzed by researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University. Nationwide interviews were conducted by telephone with 1,201 adults, 18 years…