Medicaid: What to Watch in 2022
As 2022 kicks off, a number of issues are at play that could affect coverage and financing under Medicaid. This issue brief examines key issues to watch in Medicaid in the year ahead.
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Direct Care Workforce Shortages Have Worsened in Many States During the Pandemic, Hampering Providers of Home and Community-Based Services
News ReleaseDuring the pandemic many states have experienced worsening direct care workforce shortages that have affected providers of home- and community-based long-term care services (HCBS), according to early findings of a new KFF survey of Medicaid HCBS programs in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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ADAP in the Age of Living with HIV/AIDS, April 2007, DVD
Event Date:EventThis video, about the role of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), profiles several ADAP clients who receive HIV/AIDS drugs through the program and others who are on a waiting list.
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Quality Ratings of Medicare Advantage Plans: Key Changes in the Health Reform Law and 2010 Enrollment Data
Issue BriefNEW: Foundation brief looks at implications of 2011 quality ratings for Medicare Advantage plans. This Kaiser Family Foundation issue brief examines the key changes in this year’s health reform law that will reward bonuses to private Medicare Advantage plans based on quality rating.
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Medicare Chartbook, 2010
ReportThis chartbook provides the most recent and reliable data available about the Medicare program and the 47 million seniors and younger people with disabilities who get health insurance coverage through the program.
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Income-Relating Medicare Part B and Part D Premiums: How Many Medicare Beneficiaries Will Be Affected?
Issue BriefIncome-Relating Medicare Part B and Part D Premiums: How Many Medicare Beneficiaries Will Be Affected? New in February 2012: Brief Examines Proposals to Further Expand Medicare's Income-Related Premiums This new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation examines the number of Medicare beneficiaries who will pay higher Part B or Part D premiums as a result…
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Medicaid: A Primer on the Federal-State Partnership
Event Date:EventThis briefing provided an overview of the Medicaid program and its role in the health care system. Panelists discussed who is eligible for Medicaid, what benefits are covered, how the program is administered. Medicaid financing and the program’s role in health reform was also explained.
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Medigap Reforms: Potential Effects of Benefit Restrictions on Medicare Spending and Beneficiary Costs
ReportAs part of several debt-reduction and Medicare-reform proposals, some policymakers propose to prohibit Medicare supplemental insurance policies (known as Medigap) from covering all of enrollees' out-of-pocket Medicare costs, which some believe leads to higher use of services and higher Medicare spending.
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Analysis of Medicare Prescription Drug Plans in 2011 and Key Trends Since 2006
ReportThis report presents findings from an analysis of the Medicare Part D marketplace in 2011 and changes in drug coverage and costs since 2006.
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Impact of the Medicaid Fiscal Relief Provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
Issue BriefThe American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), enacted in February 2009, has provided $103 billion in federal fiscal relief to state Medicaid programs over a period of two-and-a-half years to help them address the effects of the 2007-2009 recession.