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Filling the Gaps: Dental Care, Coverage and Access
Event Date:EventWhile the Affordable Care Act is expected to expand public and private coverage for children when it takes effect in 2014, significant gaps will remain, especially for low-income adults age 21 and older. This June 19, 2012, a public forum at the Foundation's Washington, D.C.
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Testimony: An Overview of the Medicare Program and Medicare Beneficiaries’ Costs and Service Use
Event Date:EventJuliette Cubanski, Associate Director of the Foundation's Program on Medicare Policy, testified on Feb. 27, 2013 before the Senate Special Committee on Aging to provide an overview of the Medicare program and Medicare beneficiaries' costs and service utilization. Testimony (.
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Medicare Spending Cuts and Hospital Productivity Gains
From Drew AltmanIn this column for The Wall Street Journal's Think Tank, Drew Altman and guest co-author Dana Goldman examine hospital productivity gains, and what they may mean for hospitals’ ability to absorb spending reductions.
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Health Care on the Brink of the Fiscal Cliff
Event Date:EventThe Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation present a November 16 briefing to discuss the components of this key policy crossroads with a particular emphasis on the implications for health programs and the health care industry. Automatic cuts would not apply to Medicaid, but Medicare providers would experience 2 percent payment cuts.
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Health Care After the Supreme Court Decision: What’s Next?
Event Date:EventThe Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation discuss the recent Supreme Court ruling on the constitutionality of the health reform law.
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Matching Health Benefit Packages to Health Needs: Key Issues To Consider In Health Reform
Event Date:EventThree reports and a video collectively examine the range of health care needs and costs that people face today against the backdrop of the scope of health coverage that may be available to them under health reform.
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Report and Video Highlight Health Coverage Struggles, Other Economic Concerns of Working Families
Event Date:EventThis report and video from the Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured (KCMU) illustrate the financial struggles of many families in the United States and show the central role of health care costs and coverage in a household's economic stability.
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Today’s Topics In Health Disparities: Is the Health Care System Ready for Health Reform?
Event Date:EventOn Wednesday, November 4, at 1 p.m. ET, this Today's Topics In Health Disparities live webcast examined how ready the health care system is for the influx of newly covered individuals that health reform aims to deliver.