Health Care Agenda for the New Congress – Chartpack
This chartpack provides key findings from the survey of the public's attitudes regarding the health care agenda for Bush's second term and the new Congress in 2005.
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Low-Income Subsidies for the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit: The Impact of the Asset Test
ReportThis study assesses the impact of the requirement that low-income people with Medicare meet an asset test in order to receive additional help paying premiums and cost-sharing under the new Medicare drug benefit. Report (.
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Chart Pack: Views on the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
Poll FindingThis chartpack highlights key results and trends from the Kaiser Family Foundation's August 2005 tracking poll looking at seniors' views and knowledge about the new Medicare prescription drug benefit. Survey Chartpack (.
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Health Care Costs Survey
Poll FindingThis comprehensive survey from USA Today, the Kaiser Family Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health examines how Americans are being affected by health care costs.
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State Medicaid Outpatient Prescription Drug Policies: Findings from a National Survey, 2005 Update
Poll FindingState Medicaid Outpatient Prescription Drug Policies: Findings from a National Survey, 2005 Update This survey of state Medicaid pharmacy programs supplements surveys conducted in 2003 and 2000 and reports Medicaid prescription drug policies in effect in early 2005.
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The Medicare Drug Benefit: Beneficiary Perspectives Just Before Implementation
Poll FindingThis comprehensive survey of seniors about the Medicare drug benefit finds that many seniors remain uncertain about how the new benefit will affect them and unsure about whether they will enroll. Seniors who say they understand the benefit well are more likely to report favorable views than those who do not.
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The Medicare Drug Benefit: Beneficiary Perspectives Just Before Implementation- Chartpack
Poll FindingThis chartpack highlights key results and trends from a comprehensive survey of seniors on their understanding of and views toward the Medicare drug benefit. The survey of 802 seniors was conducted in late October 2005, prior to the start of the benefit's open enrollment period, which runs from Nov. 15, 2005 to May 15, 2006.
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African Americans and the New Medicare Drug Benefit
Poll FindingIn a few short weeks, Medicare will undergo big changes that will have a major impact on nearly 4 million African American seniors and younger people with permanent disabilities who rely on Medicare for their health coverage.
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Tracking Prescription Drug Coverage Under Medicare: Five Ways to Look at the New Enrollment Numbers
Issue BriefTracking Prescription Drug Coverage Under Medicare: Five Ways to Look at the New Enrollment Numbers This new analysis, which assesses Medicare drug benefit enrollment statistics released Feb.
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Methodology Appendix to the Medicare Part D 2008 Data Spotlights
Issue BriefThe Kaiser Family Foundation has also posted an appendix detailing the methodology used in the Medicare Part D 2008 Data Spotlight series. The series analyzes key aspects of the 2008 Medicare Part D prescription drug plan choices.