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  • 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…

  • KHPR October 2005 (4)

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    Compared with the amount of money the federal government spends on other health problems, such as heart disease and cancer, do you think federal spending on HIV/AIDS is too HIGH, too LOW, or ABOUT RIGHT?     13 Too high 29 Too low 43 About right 16 Don’t know/Refused Survey by Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Methodology: Fieldwork conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International, October 4-9, 2005 and based on telephone interviews with a…

  • Survey of Seniors Underscores Implementation Challenges for Medicare Drug Benefit

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    Embargoed for release until:November 10, 2005, 9:30 a.m. E.T. For further information contact:Craig Palosky, (202) 347-5270 or cpalosky@kff.orgLarry Levitt, (650) 854-9400 or llevitt@kff.org AS ENROLLMENT BEGINS, NEW SURVEY UNDERSCORES CHALLENGES IF SENIORS ARE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF MEDICARE DRUG BENEFIT Many Seniors Say They Don't Understand the Benefit, Don't Know if They Will Enroll, And Are Wary of the Large Number of Plan Choices Those Who Say They Understand the Benefit Are More Likely to…

  • Hearing Their Voices: Lessons from the Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Treatment Act (BCCPTA)

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        In 2000, Congress passed a landmark law that gave states the option of extending Medicaid coverage to certain low-income women with breast or cervical cancer. In California, approximately 10,000 women have been assisted by this program. This policy brief, "Hearing Their Voices: Lessons from the Breast and Cervical Caner Prevention and Treatment Act (BCCPTA)," reports on the impact of this program on low-income women in California, using focus group analysis. The report was…

  • Five Years After IOM Report On Medical Errors, Nearly Half Of All Consumers Worry About The Safety Of Their Health Care

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    Embargoed for release until:Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004, 9:30 a.m. ET For further information contact:Craig Palosky, KFF, (202) 347-5270Chris Peacock, KFF, (650) 854-9400Howard Holland, AHRQ, (301) 427-1857 FIVE YEARS AFTER IOM REPORT ON MEDICAL ERRORS, NEARLY HALF OF ALL CONSUMERS WORRY ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THEIR HEALTH CARE One in Three People Say They Or A Family Member Have Experienced A Medical Error; One in Five Say It Was “Serious” People with Chronic Conditions Most Likely…