The Latest Trends in Income, Assets, and Personal Health Care Spending Among People on Medicare
This slideshow presents the latest data on income, assets, and personal health care spending among people on Medicare.
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New Article and Infographics in JAMA Examine Medicaid and Medicare at 50 Years
News ReleaseThe July 28 special issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) includes an article written by Kaiser Family Foundation President and CEO Drew Altman and former U.S. Senate Majority Leader William H. Frist, MD, and two infographics from the Foundation that examine the past, present, and future of Medicaid and Medicare. Medicare and Medicaid at 50 Years: Perspectives of Beneficiaries, Health Care Professionals and Institutions, and Policy Makers examines the roles the two programs…
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Kaiser/CSIS Forum with South African Minister of Health
Event Date:EventThis forum featuring the South African Minister of Health, The Hon. Dr. Aaron Motsoaledi, examines the South African government's efforts to more effectively manage the HIV/AIDS epidemic, as well as other systems-wide management and financing reforms underway to achieve greater affordability, improved efficiency and better health outcomes. The forum was co-sponsored by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Participants include:Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS CoordinatorJennifer…
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Testimony: What would strengthen Medicaid Long-Term Services and Supports?
Issue BriefOn August 1, 2013, Diane Rowland, Executive Vice President of the Kaiser Family Foundation and Executive Director of the Foundation's Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, testified before the Federal Commission on Long-Term Care about ways in which the Medicaid program could be strengthened to better support low-income individuals with long-term services and supports needs.
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Medicaid and Its Role in State/Federal Budgets & Health Reform
Fact SheetThis chartpack from the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured addresses five key questions about the Medicaid program. They include: What is Medicaid and what does it do? What does Medicaid cost and why? What is Medicaid's role in state budgets? What is Medicaid's role in the federal budget? What is Medicaid's role in health reform? Chartpack (.pdf) Related fact sheet: Medicaid and Its Role In State/Federal Budgets and Health Reform
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Medicaid and State Financing: What to Watch in Upcoming State Budget Debates
Issue BriefState legislatures are currently gathering to develop new budgets for state fiscal year (FY) 2025. Heading into this budget cycle, state fiscal conditions are shifting, with state revenues starting to decline following steep revenue growth during the pandemic. This issue brief examines trends in state fiscal conditions and discusses how state budgets and macroeconomic conditions may affect individuals and state Medicaid programs.
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Medicaid: What to Watch in 2024
Issue BriefAs the start of 2024, many issues are at play that will affect Medicaid coverage, financing, and access. This issue brief provides context for these Medicaid issues and highlights key issues to watch in the year ahead.
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The U.S. Global Health Budget: Analysis of Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2016
Issue BriefAfter Congress provided an unprecedented level of emergency funding for Ebola in FY15 in response to the West African outbreak, beyond regular appropriations for global health programs, FY16 returned to business as usual. There was no additional emergency funding and global health amounts remained essentially flat funding compared to prior years. The FY16 Omnibus Appropriations bill, which was signed into law by the President on December 18, 2015, included an estimated $10.2 billion in funding…
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New Survey, Analysis Suggest a Growing Partisan Split About U.S. Government Engagement on Global Health
News ReleaseWhile U.S. global health programs have enjoyed bipartisan support in the past, a new survey of the public and findings from interviews with global health and foreign policy experts suggest a growing partisan divide, as the country gears up for the 2016 election. Half (53%) of Americans say the U.S. is already doing enough to improve health in developing countries, and 46 percent think the U.S. is doing more than its fair share compared to…
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How Much Fiscal Relief Can States Expect From the Temporary Increase in the Medicaid FMAP?
Issue BriefThis brief examines how much fiscal relief states can expect from the increase in the Medicaid FMAP under FFCRA under different assumptions about the duration of the relief, how the FMAP increase provides broad fiscal relief to states and the factors that affect how much relief is available across states.