The Role of Medicaid and Medicare In Women’s Health Care, JAMA, May 15, 2013
Medicare and Medicaid provide health coverage for three in ten women.
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Utilization of Pap Tests, 2008
FeatureUtilization of Pap Tests, 2008 Download Source Health, United States, 2011
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There is Wide Variation in Medicaid Coverage of Prenatal Services
FeatureThere is Wide Variation in Medicaid Coverage of Prenatal Services Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation, State Medicaid Coverage of Perinatal Services: Summary of State Survey Findings, 2009
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cervical Cancer
FeatureRacial and Ethnic Disparities in Cervical Cancer Download Source CDC, United States Cancer Center: 2009 Cancer Types Grouped by Race
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Medicaid Enrollees are Predominately Women of Reproductive Age
FeatureMedicaid Enrollees are Predominately Women of Reproductive Age Download Source Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured and Urban Institute analysis of 2009 MSIS, 2012
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Improving maternity and infant birth outcomes in the U.S.
FeatureImproving maternity and infant birth outcomes in the U.S. Download Source Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2002. Care of Women in U.S. Hospitals, 2000
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Assessing the Presidential Candidates’ Positions on Women’s Health Coverage and Reproductive Health Care
Issue BriefWomen's health has been a key issue in the 2012 election with the candidates, President Barack Obama and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, having different views on women's health care. This brief discusses two major health care issues that are important to women – health coverage and reproductive health care – and summarizes the presidential candidates' stated positions on these topics.
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Statutory Requirements & Policies Governing U.S. Global Family Planning and Reproductive Health Efforts
Issue BriefThis issue brief provides a summary of the major policies and statutory requirements governing U.S. participation in international family planning and reproductive health efforts. These laws and policies collectively direct how funds are spent, which organizations receive funds and generally shape U.S. family planning and reproductive health activities around the world.
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Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives
PerspectiveIn this post, we answer some of the key questions about the new contraceptive coverage policy generally, and more specifically, how it will be applied to religious organizations.
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August Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: The Uninsured and the Health Reform Law
PerspectiveThe August Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that even though 32 million uninsured Americans will gain health insurance under the ACA, only about half of non-elderly Americans currently without coverage say they are familiar with the chief components in the law designed to achieve this goal. Fifty-two percent of the uninsured say they are aware the law will provide subsidies to help low- and moderate-income people without insurance purchase it. And 47 percent are aware that…