Congressional Testimony on Expanding Health Care Coverage
On May 5, 2009, the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance held a roundtable discussion on health-care coverage issues as part of its health reform efforts.
View the Latest: Access to Care
Filter
-
-
Key Health and Health Care Indicators by Race/Ethnicity and State
Fact SheetThis updated fact sheet shows variations across states and racial and ethnic groups for six key health and health care indicators.
-
Today’s Topics In Health Disparities
Event Date:EventThe Kaiser Family Foundation presents a series of live, interactive webcasts devoted to addressing a range of issues relating to health and health care disparities in the United States. Each discussion will feature a panel of experts tackling current issues in health disparities and answering questions from webcast viewers.
-
Community Health Centers
Fact SheetThis fact sheet provides a basic overview of community health centers, covering issues such as the patients they serve, the services they provide and the financing they receive. Community health centers provided comprehensive primary care to 16.1 million patients in 2007. Fact Sheet (.
-
Today’s Topics In Health Disparities: The Effect of the Economic Downturn on the Health of Communities of Color
Event Date:EventTranscript (.pdf) On Wednesday, March 25, the Kaiser Family Foundation held a live, interactive webcast to examine the economic downturn’s impact on health care in communities of color as part of its Today's Topics In Health Disparities series.
-
How Is The Primary Care Safety Net Faring in Massachusetts? Community Health Centers In The Midst of Health Reform
ReportThis report examines how community health centers, which provide comprehensive primary care for low-income and uninsured patients, have fared under Massachusetts' health reform law. Community health centers saw a significant increase in patient load amid the state's efforts to improve health coverage by expanding public programs and making private insurance more affordable.
-
Resources on Community Health Centers
Fact SheetThe Kaiser Family Foundation has issued three new resources that examine the role of community health centers as key components of the U.S. health care system, providing primary care to more than 16 million patients nationwide in 2007.
-
Making Health Care Work for American Families: Medicaid and Access to Care
Event Date:EventDiane Rowland, executive vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation and executive director of the Foundation's Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, testified March 24, 2009, before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health as part of a hearing entitled “Making Health Care Work for American Families: Access to Care.
-
Community Health Centers in an Era of Health System Reform and Economic Downturn: Prospects and Challenges
Issue BriefThis issue brief reviews the role of community health centers in the nation's health care safety net. The centers provided comprehensive primary care to 16.1 million patients in 2007, many of them from lower-income families and medically underserved communities.
-
The Cost of Cancer
VideoThis 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.