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  • Analysis Finds Donor Government International Funding for Family Planning Increased By 19 Percent From 2012

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    A new Kaiser Family Foundation report finds that donor governments provided US$1.3 billion in bilateral funding for family planning programs in low- and middle-income countries in 2013 – a 19 percent increase from 2012. Donor governments also gave an additional $454 million in core contributions to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the primary multilateral organization addressing family planning. Funding has risen since the London Summit on Family Planning in 2012, although most of the increase…

  • Medicare: The Essentials

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    Medicare: The Essentials (July 2013) Download Medicare Enrollment, 1966-2013 Download Source Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Enrollment: Hospital Insurance and/or Supplemental Medical Insurance Programs for Total, Fee-for-Service and Managed Care Enrollees as of July 1, 2011: Selected Calendar Years 1966-2011; 2012-2013, HHS Budget in Brief, FY2014. Medicare Beneficiaries as a Percent of State Populations, 2012 Download Source Calculation based on Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the CMS State/County Market Penetration file, March 2012;…

  • Mapping the Donor Landscape in Global Health: HIV/AIDS

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    This report maps the complex network of international assistance aimed at addressing the global impact of HIV/AIDS, looking both at donor governments and multilateral organizations. It seeks to provide perspective on the geographic presence of global health donors and to enable more effective coordination and delivery of services globally and within individual recipient nations. This report is the first in a series that will examine donor presence and magnitude of assistance by issue area, region…

  • Raising the Age of Medicare Eligibility: A Fresh Look Following Implementation of Health Reform

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    Several major deficit-reduction and entitlement reform proposals include raising Medicare's age of eligibility from 65 to 67 as a way of improving Medicare's solvency. This Kaiser Family Foundation report estimates the expected effects of such a change on the federal budget, as well as on affected seniors' out-of-pocket costs, employers, Medicaid and others in light of the major changes in coverage enacted under the 2010 health reform law. The study estimates that raising Medicare’s eligibility…

  • 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