Health Care on a Budget: An Analysis of Spending by Medicare Households
This report examines Medicare beneficiaries’ out-of-pocket health care costs, which comprise a significant share of their household expenses.
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Pulling it Together from Drew Altman: Multiple Agendas for Controlling Health Care Costs
PerspectiveIn what would be a domestic policy trifecta, we may be headed for interconnected big debates about economic recovery, entitlement programs and health reform. A core issue in the entitlement and health reform debates is the problem of rising health care costs.
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Financing the response to AIDS in low- and middle-income countries: International assistance from the G8, European Commission and other donor Governments, 2007
ReportThis report provides an analysis of donor government funding to address the HIV response in low- and middle-income countries in 2007, the latest year available, as well as trends over time. It includes both bilateral funding from donors and their multilateral contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), UNITAID, and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
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National ADAP Monitoring Project Annual Report, April 2008
Event Date:EventThe National ADAP Monitoring Project Annual Report provides the latest data on state AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs). ADAPs, part of the Ryan White Program, provide HIV medications to low-income people with HIV/AIDS who have limited or no prescription drug coverage.
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Medicare and the President’s Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Proposal
Fact SheetMedicare and the President's Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Proposal This fact sheet summarizes key Medicare-related provisions in the Bush Administration's fiscal year 2009 budget proposal, as well as additional legislation that responds to the Medicare Trustees' "Medicare Funding Warning." Fact Sheet (.
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A Global Look at Public Perceptions of Health Problems, Priorities, and Donors: The Kaiser/Pew Global Health Survey
Poll FindingThis survey, conducted jointly by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Pew Global Attitudes Project, examines how people around the world perceive and prioritize health in their countries and gauge the efforts of donor nations.
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How Much ‘Skin In The Game’ Do Medicare Beneficiaries Have? The Increasing Financial Burden of Health Care Spending, 1997-2003
Issue BriefThis study evaluated the changes in Medicare beneficiaries' health care spending between 1997 and 2003, and found beneficiaries spent a growing share of their income on health care. The results showed that median out-of-pocket health spending increased from 11.9% of income in 1997 to 15.
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The Burden of Out-of-Pocket Health Spending Among Older Versus Younger Adults: Analysis from the Consumer Expenditure Survey, 1998-2003
Issue BriefUPDATED: An updated version of this analysis is now available online. Recent policy debate has focused on the issue of rising health care costs and whether it might be possible to control costs by requiring consumers to pay a larger share of their health care costs out of pocket.
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International Assistance for HIV/AIDS and Global Health in the Developing World
Other PostInternational Assistance for Global Health and HIV/AIDS in the Developing World The Foundation produces two separate annual reports that help to track funding from the G8, European Commission and other donor governments who collectively provide the bulk of international assistance for global health priorities, including HIV/AIDS, through bilateral programs and contributions to multilateral organizations, including…
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Financing the response to AIDS in low- and middle-income countries: International assistance from the G8, European Commission and other donor Governments, 2006
ReportThis report provides an analysis of donor government funding to address the HIV response in low- and middle-income countries in 2006, the latest year available, as well as trends over time. It includes both bilateral funding from donors and their multilateral contributions to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund), UNITAID, and Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).