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  • New KFF/Washington Post Climate Change Poll Examines the Knowledge and Views of American Adults and Teens

    News Release

    A new KFF/Washington Post survey probes in depth what Americans know and think about climate change, their personal involvement with the issue, and their willingness to accept trade-offs to reduce its impact. A parallel survey of teens ages 13-17 explores how they view the potential effects of climate change on their generation. The poll finds that a large majority of adults and teens believe that human activity is causing changes to the world’s climate. About…

  • New Survey Documents Women’s Health Care, Coverage and Early Experiences with the Affordable Care Act

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    A comprehensive survey released today by the Kaiser Family Foundation provides a snapshot of women and their health coverage and care during a time of transition as important Affordable Care Act insurance market changes began to take root.   These include many changes that affect women including a prohibition on using gender in setting premiums, as well as broadening access to a more comprehensive range of preventive services benefits without cost sharing. The Kaiser Women’s Health…

  • Women and Health Care in the Early Years of the ACA: Key Findings from the 2013 Kaiser Women’s Health Survey

    Report

    This report addresses a wide range of topics that are at the heart of women’s health care, as well as changes that women may experience as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The findings in the report, based off a nationally representative survey conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation, highlight differences in health care for uninsured, low-income, and minority women. Other focus areas include: coverage, access, and affordability; connections to health providers; access…

  • Most New Cases of Sexually Transmitted Infections Occur in Youth and Young Adults

    Feature

    Most New Cases of Sexually Transmitted Infections Occur in Youth and Young Adults Download Source CDC, STD Trends in the United States: 2011 National Data for Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, and Syphilis, 2012. HIV Surveillance Report, Supplemental Report: Estimated HIV Incidence in the United States, 2007-2010, 2012

  • Adolescent Health: Coverage and Access to Care

    Issue Brief

    This issue brief provides a broad-based grounding in adolescent health and related policy by examining access to health services for adolescents, their insurance coverage, and the role of state and federal policies in shaping access to care. The brief also discusses how implementation of the the health reform law may affect health coverage, access, and incentives to use preventive care for adolescents.