Visualizing Health Policy: The Role of Medicaid and Medicare in Women’s Health Care May 14, 2013 Infographic This month’s Visualizing Health Policy infographic provides information about the role of Medicaid and Medicare in women’s health care: the proportion of US women who are covered by Medicaid and Medicare; how women comprise the majority of those covered by the Medicaid and Medicare programs and the majority of those receiving long-term services and supports (such as home health care); how women on Medicaid are poorer and sicker than women with private coverage; how Medicaid is a primary payer for women’s reproductive health services; and how women on Medicare spend more than their male counterparts on medical care and also have higher rates of health problems and social challenges.
Visualizing Health Policy: HIV/AIDS – The State of the Epidemic After 3 Decades July 25, 2012 Infographic The July 2012 Visualizing Health Policy infographic looks at the state of the HIV/AIDS epidemic after three decades, released during the 19th biannual International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington, D.C. See the full-size infographic at The Journal of the American Medical Association View the related Slideshow Visualizing Health Policy is a monthly…
Visualizing Health Policy: Medicaid—Its Role Today and Under the Affordable Care Act August 21, 2012 Infographic The August 2012 Visualizing Health Policy infographic examines the role Medicaid plays in the lives of many Americans today, and how that role will change under the Affordable Care Act. See the full-size infographic at The Journal of the American Medical Association View the related Slideshow Visualizing Health Policy is a monthly infographic…
Visualizing Health Policy: Health Care Costs September 26, 2012 Infographic The September 2012 Visualizing Health Policy infographic examines health costs in the United States, including how costs have changed, how they compare to some other countries, and how they impact American families. See the full-size infographic at The Journal of the American Medical Association View the related Slideshow Visualizing Health Policy is…
Visualizing Health Policy: Medicare’s Role and Future Challenges November 28, 2012 Infographic November 2012 infographic in the Visualizing Health Policy series takes a look at Medicare—who it covers; the services its beneficiaries use; and the balance policymakers must strike between setting fair payments, keeping care affordable, and sustaining the program for future generations. See the full-size infographic at The Journal of the American Medical…
Visualizing Health Policy: The 2014 Ebola Outbreak October 7, 2014 Infographic This Visualizing Health Policy infographic provides a snapshot of the 2014 Ebola outbreak in West Africa. It includes key facts about the Ebola virus, shows how the number of Ebola cases in the current outbreak outstrips the case total from all previous Ebola outbreaks, and offers a summary of the…
