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  • Barriers to Medi-Cal Enrollment and Ideas for Improving Enrollment: Findings from Eight Focus Groups in California with Parents of Potentially Eligible Children

    Issue Brief

    This report presents the results of eight focus groups conducted in several languages throughout California to explore the knowledge and opinions of parents of potentially eligible children about the Medi-Cal program, California's Medicaid program. The study found that participants were confused about eligibility requirements, found the enrollment process onerous and demeaning, and had suggestions about how they could be better educated about the program. Policy Brief: Medi-Cal Eligibility And Enrollment (.pdf)   Report: Barriers to…

  • Medicare: Options for Reform, A Public Dialogue on Health Care: The Future of Medicare

    Report

    A public education brochure describing Medicare reform options that are being considered by Congress. This fact sheet is also a part of a packet of information as part of a joint public information project between Kaiser Family Foundation and League of Women Voters of public meetings held across the United States in October 1998 (#1427, available in print). Report Report

  • Two National Surveys: Views of Americans and Health Care Providers on Medical Abortion

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    Will 1999 Be The Year For Mifepristone (RU-486)?And, An Update on Women's Other Options for Very Early Abortion September 16, 1998 Briefing Participants: Janet Benshoof PresidentCenter for Reproductive Law & Policy120 Wall Street, 18th FloorNew York, NY 10005Press Contact: Margie Kelly212/514-5534 Jacqueline E. Darroch, PhDSenior Vice PresidentThe Alan Guttmacher Institute120 Wall StreetNew York, NY 10005 Vanessa Northington Gamble, MD, PhDAssociate ProfessorHistory of Medicine and Family Medicine, and DirectorCenter for the Study of Race and Ethnicity…

  • Summary of Findings: Privatization of Public Hospitals

    Poll Finding

    This Summary presents background, findings, and data from the Economic and Social Research Institute's (ESRI) full report, Privatization of Public Hospitals. Section I provides background about public hospital conversions, including the role of public hospitals, reasons for conversion, the mechanisms of conversion and new ownership entities, and analysis of national and regional public hospital data. Section II provides a discussion of the five case studies of public hospital conversions and the key findings from the…

  • How Well Does the Employment-Based Health Insurance System Work for Low-Income Families? – Issue Paper

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    How Well Does the Employment-Based Health Insurance System Work for Low-Income Families? September 1998 Most Americans receive health insurance coverage through the workplace. Unfortunately, however, many workers are left out, especially low-wage workers and their families. Being a low paid worker does not mean just that wages are low. It also means a lower likelihood of receiving health insurance protection on the job. Low-wage workers have never been as likely as the better paid to…

  • Privatization of Public Hospitals

    Report

    This report examines the trends in the closure of public hospitals and their conversion to private ownership. It also provides case studies of communities where major privatizations have occurred. Report (.pdf) Summary of Findings (.pdf)

  • Participation in Welfare and Medicaid Enrollment

    Report

    This paper examines Medicaid enrollment and its relation to the rise and fall of enrollment in Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) or Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) programs. Issue Paper Issue Paper