Costs are Often a Barrier For Many Women, Regardless of Insurance Type
Costs are Often a Barrier For Many Women, Regardless of Insurance Type Download Source Ranji and Salganicoff, Kaiser Women’s Health Survey, 2008…
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Costs are a Barrier to Care and Treatment for Many Women
FeatureCosts are a Barrier to Care and Treatment for Many Women Download Source Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: (May 2012…
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Access Barriers More Common Among Uninsured Women
FeatureAccess Barriers More Common Among Uninsured Women Download Source Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditures Panel Survey, 2010. **Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MMWR, Cancer Screening- US, 2010, 2012.
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Medicaid 101: What You Need to Know
Event Date:EventThe Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation present a briefing to discuss the basics of Medicaid and its role in the health care system.
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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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Immigration Reform and Access to Health Coverage: Key Issues to Consider
Issue BriefThe Obama administration and a bipartisan group of U.S. senators recently released blueprints for immigration reform proposals that include a roadmap to citizenship for the 11 million undocumented immigrants currently residing in the United States. Subject to meeting specified requirements, these individuals would be able to apply for a provisional lawful status.
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Premiums and Cost-Sharing in Medicaid: A Review of Research Findings
Issue BriefMedicaid covers nearly 60 million Americans. Because the population covered by the program is low-income, federal law limits the extent to which states can charge premiums and cost-sharing amounts, particularly for pregnant women, children and adults with incomes below poverty.
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Medicare 101: What You Need to Know
Event Date:EventThe Alliance for Health Reform and the Kaiser Family Foundation present a briefing to discuss the basics of Medicare, its role in the health care system, and how the program has evolved over time. Speakers address questions on how the program is administered, how much it costs and how it is financed.
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Visualizing Health Policy: Health Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
ReportRelated Resources Study Highlights Role of Geography and Plan Shopping Under Medicare Premium Support System Medicare Part D: A First Look at Part D Plan Offerings in 2013 The Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit - An Updated Fact Sheet Online Consumer Guide to Medicare The latest Visualizing Health Policy infographic is a flowchart illustrating the…
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How Much Will Medicaid Physician Fees for Primary Care Rise in 2013? Evidence from a 2012 Survey of Medicaid Physician Fees
Issue BriefThis brief presents 50-state data from the 2012 KCMU/Urban Institute Medicaid Physician Fee Survey. It estimates that average Medicaid fees to qualified physicians for Affordable Care Act primary care services will rise by 73 percent when the primary care fee increase takes effect on January 1, 2013, although there will be wide state variation.