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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Many Women Experience Health Care Cost Barriers
FeatureSource Kaiser Family Foundation, 2008 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey…
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Many Women Rely on Multiple Providers to Address Basic Health Needs
FeatureMany Women Rely on Multiple Providers to Address Basic Health Needs Download Source 2008 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey, Kaiser Family Foundation…
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Access to Care by Health Insurance Status, 2011
FeatureAccess to Care by Health Insurance Status, 2011 Download Source KCMU analysis of 2011 NHIS data …
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Disparities in Access to Care for Selected Groups
FeatureDisparities in Access to Care for Selected Groups Download Source AHRQ, “National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2011, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/qrdr11.
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Percent of Adults and Children with an Emergency Room Visit in the Past Year by Citizenship Status, 2011
FeaturePercent of Adults and Children with an Emergency Room Visit in the Past Year by Citizenship Status, 2011 Download Source KCMU analysis of 2011 NHIS data.
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Medicare and Medicaid at 50
VideoWith Medicare and Medicaid turning 50 this year, this updated video provides a brief history of both programs, including: an examination of the health care, social and political landscape that gave rise to them, the significant ways each program has evolved over five decades, and the important roles they play in the U.S. health care system. The video includes archival footage, as well as commentary and perspective from policymakers, government officials and experts.
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Advancing Opportunities, Assessing Challenges: Key Themes from a Roundtable Discussion of Health Care and Health Equity in the South
Issue BriefThis brief summarizes the primary themes expressed by participants of a roundtable discussion of current and future opportunities and challenges for advancing health care and health equity in the South organized by Kaiser Family Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Health Affairs Article: Medicaid Expansion: Chronically Homeless Adults Will Need Targeted Enrollment and Access to a Broad Range of Services
Issue BriefHomeless adults may gain access to health services under the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion, which takes effect in 2014. This study, published in Health Affairs, analyzed the health coverage, health status, and health services use of 725 chronically homeless adults with disabilities in eleven cities in the United States.
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Brief Provides Update on LGBT Coverage and Health as More States Recognize Same-Sex Marriage
News ReleaseAn updated issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation gives a detailed profile of health concerns for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals, offers the latest demographic data, and discusses the impact of recent changes in state and federal policies on health coverage, including the Affordable Care Act and same-sex marriage.