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State Health Facts is a KFF project that provides free, up-to-date, and easy-to-use health data for all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the United States. It offers data on specific types of health insurance coverage, including employer-sponsored, Medicaid, Medicare, as well as people who are uninsured by demographic characteristics, including age, race/ethnicity, work status, gender, and income. There are also data on health insurance status for a state's population overall and broken down by age, gender, and income.

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  • Targeting Medicare Drug Benefits: Costs and Issues

    Report

    This report, written by Marilyn Moon and Matthew Storeygard of the Urban Institute, estimates the potential cost of targeting drug benefits to low-income Medicare beneficiaries and those with catastrophic drug expenses and discusses some of the key programmatic issues that could arise under this approach.

  • Critical Choices In Health Reform

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    A pamphlet describing the key issues in the 1994 national debate over health reform, including a review of the legislative approaches being considered and the pros and cons associated with the proposals.

  • 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 (.

  • Report and Summary of Findings

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    Privatization of Public Hospitals Full Report available in PDF format.Summary available in PDF format.

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    Kaiser Family Foundation: In Their Own Words "In Their Own Words" document.

  • The Requirement to Buy Coverage Under the Affordable Care Act

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    Note:  Congress eliminated the federal tax penalty for not having health insurance, effective January 1, 2019. Along with changes to the health insurance system that guarantee access to coverage to everyone regardless of pre-existing health conditions, the Affordable Care Act includes a requirement that many people be insured or pay a penalty.