Many Older Women on Medicare are Impoverished
Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Access to Care file, 2006…
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Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Access to Care file, 2006…
Many Older Women Have Limitations That Predispose Them to Needing Long-term Care Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey Access to Care file, 2006…
Demographic Characteristics of Medicare Beneficiaries Ages 65 and Older Download Source KFF analysis of Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, 2006…
Seniors Most Likely To Say Medicare Is Working Well Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health, The Public’s Health Care Agenda for the 113th Congress (conducted January 3-9, 2013)…
Support-For-Various-Deficit-Reducing-Changes-To-Medicare-POLLING Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health, The Public’s Health Care Agenda for the 113th Congress (conducted January 3-9, 2013)…
Majority Of Voters Oppose Changing Medicare To Premium Support System Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted October 18-23, 2012)…
Even Among Seniors, Relatively Few Aware That Wealthier Seniors Pay Higher Medicare Premiums Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health, The Public’s Health Care Agenda for the 113th Congress (conducted January 3-9, 2013)…
Juliette Cubanski, Associate Director of the Foundation's Program on Medicare Policy, testified on Feb. 27, 2013 before the Senate Special Committee on Aging to provide an overview of the Medicare program and Medicare beneficiaries' costs and service utilization. Testimony (.
Given the recent debate over raising the age of Medicare eligibility, it is useful to understand public opinion on the issue.
The November poll finds that while health care ranked as a second-tier issue in this month's election, President Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney tied among voters who felt strongly about the Affordable Care Act, and President Obama won an advantage among voters who said Medicare was important to their vote, and among women on…
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