Medicare Part D 2009 Data Spotlight: Low-Income Subsidy Plan Availability
This Medicare Part D Data Spotlight focuses on the availability of drug plans for beneficiaries receiving the Part D low-income subsidy in 2009 and changes since 2006.
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Women’s Health and Election 2008
Issue BriefDownload PDF Women consistently cite health care as one of the top issues they want the Presidential candidates to address, reflecting their experiences with the health care system as patients, mothers, and caregivers for frail and disabled family members.
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Eroding Access among Nonelderly Adults with Chronic Conditions: Ten Years of Change
ReportA Kaiser study published as a Health Affairs web-exclusive article finds the number of working-age adults who have major chronic conditions grew by 25 percent between 1997 and 2006 and those without health coverage in this group experienced substantial erosion in access to health care.
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2008 Presidential Candidate Health Care Proposals, Side-by-Side Summary
Other Post2008 Presidential Candidate Health Care Proposals: Side-by-Side Summary Voters have identified health care as the leading domestic issue for the government to address and for the presidential candidates to discuss in the 2008 campaign.
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The Federal Government’s Authority To Regulate Advertising in Medicare
Issue BriefThis policy brief, prepared for the Kaiser Family Foundation by Vicky Gottlich at the Center for Medicare Advocacy, explains the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ legal authority to regulate advertising and other information issued by the private companies that contract with the government to provide Medicare benefits.
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Primers on Key Health Care Topics and Programs
Issue BriefThe Kaiser Family Foundation maintains a number of primers providing overviews of key health care programs and issues. Written by Foundation staff, each primer provides key data and information that helps illustrate the topic and its relevance for the nation's health care system.
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Toplines: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 – June 2008
Poll FindingThis document contains the detailed toplines from the June Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 poll. The poll involved a nationally representative random sample of 1,206 adults (including 1,066 who say they were registered to vote), who were interviewed by telephone between June 3 and 8, 2008.
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Key Findings: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 – June 2008
Poll FindingThis document contains the key findings from the June Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 poll. The poll involved a nationally representative random sample of 1,206 adults (including 1,066 who say they were registered to vote), who were interviewed by telephone between June 3 and 8, 2008.
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 – June 2008
Poll FindingThe latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 poll finds that the recent economic downturn continues to create serious financial problems for most Americans.
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Snapshots: Compensation for Workers with and without Access to Health Benefits at Work
Other PostA newer version of this Snapshot is available here. Compensation for Workers with and without Access to Health Benefits at Work October 2008 This paper compares the payroll and benefit compensation of workers that had access to employer-sponsored health benefits at work to that of workers who did not have an insurance offer.