Health and Health Care for Blacks in the United States
This infographic provides data on the current status of health and health care for Blacks, including measures of their health coverage, health access and use, and health outcomes.
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Medicaid Administrative Data: Challenges with Race, Ethnicity, and Other Demographic Variables
Issue BriefThere are persistent disparities in health and health care for people of color, which reflect structural and systemic inequities rooted in racism and discrimination. High-quality comprehensive data are key to enabling policymakers, community leaders, and other key stakeholders to identify and address these inequities and measure progress over time. Medicaid/CHIP administrative data, also known as Transformed Medicaid Statistical Information System (T-MSIS) or TAF (T-MSIS Analytic File), hold the potential to inform disparities research through detailed…
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Health and Health Care for Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (NHOPIs) in the United States
Other PostThis infographic provides data on the current status of health and health care for Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (NHOPIs), including measures of their health coverage, health access and use, and health outcomes.
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Characteristics of the Medicare Population
FeatureCharacteristics of the Medicare Population Download Source Urban Institute and Kaiser Family Foundation analysis, 2012; Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Medicare Current Beneficiary 2009 Cost and Use file.
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Median Income Among Medicare Beneficiaries, Overall and by Race/Ethnicity, Age, and Gender, 2012
FeatureMedian Income Among Medicare Beneficiaries, Overall and by Race/Ethnicity, Age, and Gender, 2012 Download Source Urban Institute analysis of DYNASIM for the Kaiser Family Foundation.
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Distribution of U.S. Population by Race/Ethnicity, 2010 and 2050
FeatureDistribution of U.S. Population by Race/Ethnicity, 2010 and 2050 Download Source U.S. Census Bureau, 2008, Projected Population by Single Year of Age, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin for the United States: July 1, 2000 to July 1, 2050. http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/downloadablefiles.html.
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Omicron Variant Increases Worries and Gives Momentum to COVID-19 Booster Shots; May Motivate a Small Share of Unvaccinated Adults to Get an Initial Shot
News ReleaseThe emergence of the omicron COVID-19 variant is encouraging many already vaccinated adults to get a recommended booster shot but is providing only a little motivation for unvaccinated adults to get an initial shot, a new KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor quick response survey finds. Fielded from Dec. 15-20 to provide an early look at omicron’s potential impact on the public’s vaccination intentions, the survey finds that about half (54%) of vaccinated adults who haven’t gotten…
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Two KFF Analyses Explore the Demographics of People Jointly Enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid As Well As Program Enrollment and Spending for This Population
News ReleaseThe 12.5 million people who are jointly enrolled in Medicare and Medicaid include some of the poorest individuals in the U.S. with some of the highest health needs, requiring disproportionately high spending from both programs to support them. Two new KFF analyses examine the demographics of this population as well as the latest data on program enrollment and spending. These data can help inform federal and state policy discussions about ways to improve coordination and…
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Vaccine Hesitancy in Rural America
Poll FindingBased on data from the KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor, this poll finding explores attitudes among rural Americans toward the coronavirus and willingness to get a potential vaccine.
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Vaccine Monitor: More than Half of Rural Residents Have Gotten a COVID-19 Vaccine or Intend to Do So as Soon as Possible
News ReleaseMore than half (54%) of rural adults say they have already gotten at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine or will do so as soon as possible, as rural residents report less issues with both supply and access than those living in urban and suburban areas, according to a new KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor report focused on rural America. A somewhat larger share of rural residents (39%) than those living in urban (31%) or suburban…