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  • Explaining Health Care Reform: Key Changes to the Medicare Part D Drug Benefit Coverage Gap

    Issue Brief

    On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law. The health reform law, as modified by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 which passed the House of Representatives on March 21, 2010 and is under consideration in the Senate, makes several key changes to the Medicare Part D drug benefit to reduce Part D enrollees’ out-of-pocket liability when they reach the coverage gap, known as…

  • Dual Eligible Beneficiaries as a Percent of Medicare and Medicaid Enrollment and Spending, 2008

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    Dual Eligible Beneficiaries as a Percent of Medicare and Medicaid Enrollment and Spending, 2008 Download Source Medicare spending and enrollment estimates from Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the 2008 CMS Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Cost and Use File; Medicaid spending and enrollment estimates from Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and Urban Institute analysis of data from FY 2008 MSIS and CMS Form 64  

  • Medicaid Enrollees and Expenditures, FFY 2009

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    Medicaid Enrollees and Expenditures, FFY 2009 Download Source KCMU/Urban Institute estimates based on data from FFY 2009 MSIS and CMS-64, 2012. MSIS FFY 2008 data were used for PA, UT, and WI, but adjusted to 2009 CMS-64  

  • Medicaid spending and enrollment are affected by changes in economic conditions and policy.

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    Medicaid Spending and Enrollment are Affected by Changes in Economic Conditions and Policy Download Source SOURCE: Medicaid Enrollment June 2013 Data Snapshot, KCMU, January 2014. Spending Data from KCMU Analysis of CMS Form 64 Data for Historic Medicaid Growth Rates.  FY 2014 and 2015 data based on KCMU survey of Medicaid officials in 50 states and DC conducted by Health Management Associates, October 2014.

  • Medicaid Spending Growth Per Enrollee Has Been Slower than Growth in Private Health Spending

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    Medicaid Spending Growth Per Enrollee Has Been Slower than Growth in Private Health Spending Download Source Urban Institute, 2010. Estimates based on data from Medicaid Financial Management Reports (HCFA/CMS Form 64), Medicaid Statistical Information System (MSIS), and KCMU/HMA enrollment data. Expenditures exclude prescription drug spending for dual eligible benficiaries to remove the effect of their transition to Medicare Part D in 2006  

  • New Article and Infographics in JAMA Examine Medicaid and Medicare at 50 Years

    News Release

    The 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…

  • Web Briefing for Media: What Do The Sustainable Development Goals Mean for Global Health?

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    In late September, the United Nations General Assembly will discuss and adopt a plan for international development for the next 15 years. This new plan, called the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), could have important implications for global health policy. On September 9, the Kaiser Family Foundation held an interactive web briefing exclusively for journalists to examine these key issues ahead of the United Nations General Assembly.

  • Medicaid and Its Role in State/Federal Budgets and Health Reform: A Fact Sheet

    Fact Sheet

    This fact sheet highlights key issues about Medicaid, including the structure, financing and purpose of the program, its role for low-income beneficiaries, its share of the federal budget and state budgets and the significant implications of the coverage expansion under the Affordable Care Act. Fact Sheet (.pdf) Related chartpack: Medicaid and Its Role in State/Federal Budgets and Health Reform