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  • Briefing on Access to Reproductive Health Care for Low-Income Women in Five Communities

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    As policy debates over the future of access to reproductive and sexual health services heat up at the national and state levels, understanding how these policies are playing out on the ground requires getting beyond the statistics. Earlier this year, KFF, working with Health Management Associates, conducted case studies and focus groups in five different communities to hear directly from providers and low-income women.  The study addressed how national, state, and local policies, as well…

  • Health Reform: Implications for Women’s Access to Coverage and Care

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    This issue brief, Health Reform: Implications for Women's Access to Coverage and Care, reviews how the Affordable Care Act is expected to affect access to care and affordability of health coverage for women. It also explains the provisions in the health reform law related to preventive screening services, reproductive health, maternity care and women on Medicare. The brief includes national and state-level estimates of the percentage of uninsured women ages 18-64 who are likely to…

  • Making HIV Prevention Paramount in the Next Phase of the U.S. Global HIV/AIDS Response: A Report from the CSIS Task Force on HIV/AIDS

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    This report from The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) Task Force on HIV/AIDS, in collaboration with the Kaiser Family Foundation, examines the current global HIV prevention response by the United States under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and outlines challenges to opportunities for heightening a focus on HIV prevention in the next phase of the U.S. response. Report (.pdf)

  • Pulling it Together: Small $ for HIV Prevention

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    It’s no secret that the response to the HIV epidemic domestically has not kept pace with the response to the global epidemic. And in an earlier column called America Has Gone Quiet on HIV/AIDS I wrote about the growing complacency towards the domestic epidemic revealed in our recent survey of the American people. Last Friday, we released a new study with the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors that documents the level of…

  • Key Facts: Women and HIV/AIDS in the United States

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    Key Facts: Women and HIV/AIDS Key Facts: Women and HIV/AIDS provides comprehensive data on the impact of HIV/AIDS epidemic on women in the United States. Based on the most recent data and research on the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS among women, the report includes an overview of the epidemic profile, a profile of women living with HIV/AIDS, data on access to and use of health services, and women’s perceptions of HIV/AIDS. Report (.pdf)

  • Health Care and the 2004 Elections: HIV/AIDS

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    HIV/AIDS Download a printable .pdf of Health Care and the 2004 Elections: HIV/AIDS. IssueBackgroundPolicy Challenges Facing the Response to HIV/AIDSAssessing Candidate Positions Issue HIV/AIDS is a critical issue to many who may have questions for candidates concerning their positions on the U.S. response to the epidemic at home and abroad. The U.S. is faced with numerous challenges in addressing the epidemic, including: funding levels for global and domestic HIV/AIDS efforts; differing approaches to prevention, care,…

  • Responding to AIDS at Home and Abroad: How the U.S. and Other High Income Countries Compare

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    This report examines the United States' response to HIV over the last 30 years compared to that of other high-income countries. The report compares the U.S. to seven other similarly situated nations – Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom – noting patterns and themes that have emerged from their experiences. Key areas examined include governance of the national responses, the roles of affected communities and non-governmental actors, policies relating to…