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  • State Marketplace Profiles: Nevada

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    Final update made on September 26, 2013 (no further updates will be made ) Establishing the Marketplace On June 16, 2011, Nevada’s Governor Brian Sandoval (R) signed SB 440 into law establishing the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange.1  In March 2013, the state announced that the online marketplace would be called Nevada Health Link. Structure: The legislation defines Nevada’s Exchange as a quasi-governmental organization. Governance: The Marketplace is governed by a 10-member board, including three ex officio, non-voting…

  • Talking About Medicare: Your Guide to Understanding the Program, 2012

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    Medicare is the federal health insurance program for people 65 and older and for some younger adults with permanent disabilities and medical conditions.  Prior to 1965, the year in which the Medicare program was established, about half of all seniors lacked health insurance.  Today, virtually all people 65 and older have coverage under Medicare, and are eligible for this coverage without regard to their income or medical history.  Medicare currently provides health insurance coverage for…

  • HIV/AIDS at 30: A Public Opinion Perspective

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    As the HIV/AIDS epidemic marks its thirtieth year, the Kaiser Family Foundation conducted its eighth large-scale national survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS.

  • Americans Remain Divided Over Health Reform With An Uptick In Public Opposition As GOP Ramped Up Repeal Campaign

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    As Many Americans Would Like To Keep or Expand Health Reform Law As Would Like To Repeal Or Replace It, And Most Oppose Defunding Implementation Public Concerned About The Deficit But A Majority Opposes Cutting Medicare And Social Security And Nearly Half Are Against Cutting Medicaid WASHINGTON - Though the public remains divided on health reform overall, opposition to the new law ticked upward in January as Republicans ramped up efforts to repeal it, according…

  • Full Steam Ahead: Implementation Opportunities and Challenges for Employers and Consumers

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    The new health reform law will significantly affect the way employers provide health coverage to their employees, and will transform many of the choices and protections consumers have in the marketplace. This briefing explored the major provisions in the law that relate to these changes. This September 8 briefing was cosponsored by the Alliance for Health Reform and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. For more information, please visit Alliance's event page. Full Video   Speakers…

  • Marilyn Werber Serafini Chosen as First Robin Toner Distinguished Fellow

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    Foundation Establishes Fellowship in Recognition of Former New York Times Health Journalist WASHINGTON, D.C.– National Journal health care and welfare reporter Marilyn Werber Serafini has been selected as the inaugural Robin Toner Distinguished Fellow of the Kaiser Family Foundation. Serafini is a veteran, award-winning journalist who has covered the U.S. Congress since 1985 writing about health care, tax, trade, welfare, pension and banking legislation. She covered the health reform debate during the Clinton Administration and…

  • Patients Under Pressure: Profiles of How Families Affected by Cancer Are Faring in the Recession

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    This report by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the American Cancer Society profiles six cancer patients and survivors and the challenges they face to help gauge how the recession and rising unemployment is affecting workers who are most in need of ongoing medical care. The report, "Patients Under Pressure: Profiles of How Families Affected by Cancer are Faring in the Recession," illustrates the kinds of problems such patients face in a recession, including obstacles to…

  • The Cost of Cancer

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    This Kaiser Family Foundation documentary explores the financial consequences faced by three people, all privately insured, after being diagnosed with cancer. It was released in conjunction with a joint Kaiser/American Cancer Society report, "Spending To Survive: Cancer Patients Confront Holes in the Health Insurance System." The Cost of Cancer: Tom Olszewski Tom Olszewski, a retiree who lives in Texas, had prostate cancer but has been in remission for a decade. His medical history made it…