Shaping the U.S. Global Health Policy Agenda: Key Considerations for the Future
This Policy Insight outlines eight questions that are likely to shape the U.S. global health response in the last two years of the current presidential term and beyond.
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New Report Examines NGO Engagement in U.S. Global Health Efforts
News ReleaseA new Kaiser Family Foundation report finds 135 different U.S.-based non-governmental organizations (NGOs) received U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) funding in 2013 to implement U.S. global health programs on the ground. The report aims to shed light on the extent of the role of NGOs in carrying out U.S. global health programs.
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FY15 Health & Human Services Appropriations Bill Introduced in House
Fact SheetThe Democratic (minority) members of the House Appropriations Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee announced the introduction of the “Departments of Labor, Health & Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015” (H.R. 5464).
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Drug Price Negotiation Doesn’t Mean the Government Will Restrict Access to Medicines
Policy WatchThis policy watch evaluates the pharmaceutical industry's claims that allowing the federal government to negotiate drug prices would restrict access to medications in Medicare. It explains what the current proposal to allow drug price negotiation would and wouldn't do.
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How Could $400 Billion New Federal Dollars Change Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services?
Issue BriefThis issue brief places the American Jobs Plan in the context of current Medicaid HCBS spending and considers how policymakers might allocate the new funding, as the proposal to date includes little detail.
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House Approves the FY 2024 State and Foreign Operations (SFOPs) Appropriations Bill
Fact SheetThe House approved its FY 2024 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPs) appropriations bill on September 28, 2023 (the House Committee on Appropriations released the bill on June 22, 2023 and accompanying report on July 11, 2023).
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Global Health Funding in the FY 2023 Omnibus
Fact SheetUpdated on January 3, 2023 The FY 2023 Omnibus appropriations bill and accompanying reports, released by Congress on December 20, 2022, and signed by the President on December 29, 2022, includes funding for
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Estimates of Medicare Beneficiaries’ Out-of-Pocket Drug Spending in 2006
ReportThis report projects the impact of the new Medicare drug benefit on out-of-pocket spending for people who enroll in 2006. This analysis from November 2004 estimates that 6.9 million beneficiaries are projected to be affected by the coverage gap (the so-called "doughnut hole") in the standard Part D drug benefit.
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Mapping the Donor Landscape in Global Health: Malaria
ReportThis report maps the network of international assistance aimed at addressing the global impact of malaria. The report is part of a series that examines the donor nations and multilateral organizations involved in addressing different global health challenges in recipient countries worldwide.
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Health Coverage and Expenses: Impact on Older Women’s Economic Well-Being
Issue BriefIn this article in the Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, researchers from the Kaiser Family Foundation examine how health issues that women face over the course of their lives, as well as policies that shape Medicare, Medicaid and other supplemental coverage, can affect retired women's economic well-being.