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  • Snapshots: How Changes in Medical Technology Affect Health Care Costs

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    Health expenditures continue to grow very rapidly in the U.S.  Since 1970, health care spending has grown at an average annual rate of 9.8%, or about 2.5 percentage points faster than the economy as measured by the nominal gross domestic product (GDP).  Annual spending on health care increased from $75 billion in 1970 to $2.0 trillion in 2005, and is estimated to reach $4 trillion in 2015.  As a share of the economy, health care…

  • New Poll Finds Broad Support Among Democrats, Independents, and Republicans for Drug Price Negotiation, Reimportation, and Prioritizing Children for Coverage of the Uninsured…Views on Stem Cells More Mixed

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    Embargoed for release until:Friday, December 8, 2006 For further information contact:Craig Palosky, cpalosky@kff.org, (202) 347-5270Larry Levitt, llevitt@kff.org, (650) 854-9400 New Poll Finds Broad Support Among Democrats, Independents, and Republicans for Drug Price Negotiation, Reimportation, and Prioritizing Children for Coverage of the Uninsured...Views on Stem Cells More Mixed Public Sees Health Care Prices as Unreasonable and Wants Governmentto Take Steps to Lower Them Iraq By Far Remains the Public’s Top Priority for the New Congress and…

  • NEJM Article Finds That Health Care Is Not Playing A Major Role In 2006 Congressional Elections, But Could Be A Factor In Selected Close Races

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    Embargoed for release until:Wednesday, November 1, 2006, 5:00 p.m. ET For further information contact:Craig Palosky, KFF, (202) 347-5270 Robin Herman, HSPH, (617) 432-4388 NEJM Article Finds That Health Care Is Not Playing A Major Role In 2006 Congressional Elections, But Could Be A Factor In Selected Close Races Voters Trust Democrats More Than Republicans On List Of Many Health Issues A New England Journal of Medicine article to be published November 2 finds that health…

  • Source: Kaiser Health Poll Report Survey: October 2005

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    What do you think is the MOST urgent health problem facing this nation TODAY?  Is there another health problem you think is almost as urgent? Total exceeds 100% due to multiple responses 36 Cancer 16 AIDS or HIV 16 Health care – cost 14 Lack of good nutrition/junk foods/obesity/weight disorder 14 Heart disease 11 Health insurance/The uninsured 8 Diabetes 5 Health care – access 4 Smoking 4 Drugs 4 Bird Flu/Flu 3 Elderly 2 Pollution/environment/contamination…

  • Source: Kaiser Family Foundation Survey on Americans and AIDS/HIV: November 1995

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    What do you think is the most urgent health problem facing this nation today? Is there another health problem you think is almost as urgent? Subpopulation/Note: Adds to more than 100% due to multiple responses. 44 AIDS or HIV 27 Cancer 27 Health care costs and health insurance/access 11 Heart 4 Drugs 4 Elderly 15 Other 8 Health care – access 8 Don’t know/Refused Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by…

  • Source: Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS: March 2006 (2)

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    What do you think is the MOST urgent health problem facing this nation TODAY? (WAIT FOR REPLY BEFORE PROBE) Is there another health problem you think is almost as urgent? (RECORD UP TO 3 RESPONSES)   Subpopulation/Note: Asked of half sample Adds to more than 100% due to multiple responses   Total White Black Latino   34 35 36 32 Cancer 18 19 23 9 Heart Disease 17 13 39 23 AIDS or HIV 14…

  • Source: Survey of Americans on HIV/AIDS: March 2006 (3)

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    What do you think is the MOST urgent health problem facing this nation TODAY? (WAIT FOR REPLY BEFORE PROBE) Is there another health problem you think is almost as urgent? (RECORD UP TO 3 RESPONSES)   Subpopulation/Note: Asked of half sample Adds to more than 100% due to multiple responses     Total 18-29 30-49 50-64 65+   34 31 37 28 39 Cancer 18 9 16 16 35 Heart Disease 17 28 15 17…

  • Source: Health Care Priorities: April 2003 (2)

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      What do you think is the most important problem in health or health care for the government to address?  Is there another problem you think is almost as important for the government to address?       Apr-03 COSTS (NET) 35 Cost of prescription drugs/medicines 15 Cost of health care 15 Cost of insurance/affordable insurance 7 Costs – other (incl. doctor and hospital costs) 3 Seniors’ issues (NET) 23 Senior citizens’ care/ issues (incl.…

  • 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…

  • 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…