The Role of Medicaid and Medicare In Women’s Health Care, JAMA, May 15, 2013
Medicare and Medicaid provide health coverage for three in ten women.
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The Majority of States Restrict Abortion Coverage to the Hyde Amendment Requirements
FeatureThe Majority of States Restrict Abortion Coverage to the Hyde Amendment Requirements Download Source Guttmacher Institute, State Funding of Abortion Under Medicaid, State Policies in Brief, November 2012
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Teen Birth Rates Have Been Declining for All Groups, but Disparities Still Exist
FeatureTeen Birth Rates Have Been Declining for All Groups, but Disparities Still Exist Download Source Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics Reports, “ Births: Preliminary Data for 2011” 61(5), Oct 2012
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Pregnancy, Birth, and Abortion Rates Among Teens Have Been Steadily Declining in the U.S.
FeaturePregnancy, Birth, and Abortion Rates Among Teens Have Been Steadily Declining in the U.S. Download Source Guttmacher Institute “U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions, 2008: National Trends by Age, Race and Ethnicity” February 2012
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Medicaid Family Planning Programs, 2012
Featuremedicaid-family-planning-programs-2012-womenshealth Download Source Guttmacher Institute, Medicaid Family Planning Eligibility Expansions, State Policies in Brief, November 2012
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — May 2012
FeatureThe May Health Tracking Poll focuses on the public's perceptions and reactions to women's reproductive health reemerging as a heated issue in policy debates and news and its potential impact on the upcoming presidential election. Three in ten women (31 percent) overall believe that there is currently a "wide-scale effort to limit women's reproductive health choices and services, such as abortion, family planning, and contraception" in the U.S. A larger share (45 percent) say there…
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Statutory Requirements & Policies Governing U.S. Global Family Planning and Reproductive Health Efforts
Issue BriefThis issue brief provides a summary of the major policies and statutory requirements governing U.S. participation in international family planning and reproductive health efforts. These laws and policies collectively direct how funds are spent, which organizations receive funds and generally shape U.S. family planning and reproductive health activities around the world.
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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — February 2012
FeatureIn the midst of continuing debate on the future of the Medicare program, the February Kaiser Family Foundation Tracking Poll finds most Americans and most seniors favor the status quo, though arguments about the program’s solvency have the potential to sway opinion toward new proposals. The survey also gauges public opinion about the ongoing contraceptive coverage debate, views of the Affordable Care Act, and trust in the presidential candidates on health care issues. The February…
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KFF February Health Tracking Poll: Nearly Half Confused About Status of the Health Reform Law
PerspectiveThe latest Kaiser Health Tracking poll finds that amid a public debate about contraceptive coverage in insurance plans, 63 percent of Americans support a new federal requirement that plans include no-cost birth control, while a third oppose it. Catholics split along similar lines, but there’s a big partisan divide, including among women: 85 percent of women who are Democrats support the requirement, compared with 42 percent of women who are Republicans. The public is also divided…
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Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives
PerspectiveIn this post, we answer some of the key questions about the new contraceptive coverage policy generally, and more specifically, how it will be applied to religious organizations.