Online Tools for Consumer-Directed Health Plans January 1, 2005 Event On Jan. 25, 2005, Kaiser Family Foundation hosted a demonstration of the online tools made available to enrollees in consumer-directed health plans. Executives from Humana and Lumenos — two major firms in the consumer-directed care market — conducted real-time demonstrations of their consumer web tools to show how enrollees might…
Health Care Agenda for the New Congress January 11, 2005 Poll Finding This survey captures the public’s attitudes regarding the health care agenda for Bush’s second term and the new Congress in 2005. It assesses the relative priority placed on health-care concerns by the American public and also provides insight into public opinion on key issues likely to face the new Congress,…
Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008 — March 2007 July 2, 2007 Poll Finding This Kaiser Family Foundation tracking poll is the first in a new series on the public’s views of health reform and the presidential candidates’ positions on health care. Through the Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008, Kaiser will track changes in the saliency of health as a political and policy priority,…
Chartpack: Findings from the Kaiser/Hewitt 2006 Survey on Retiree November 30, 2006 Report Health BenefitsThis document presents key data from the 2006 Kaiser/Hewitt Survey on Retiree Health Benefits.Chartpack (.pdf)
Summary and Chartpack: National Survey of Households Affected by Cancer November 1, 2006 Poll Finding These charts highlight data from the National Survey of Households Affected by Cancer conducted jointly by USA Today, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health by telephone between Aug. 1 and Sept. 14, 2006. The survey provides an in-depth look at how families cope…
Section 9: Prescription Drugs and Mental Health Benefits August 27, 2004 Report Exhibit 9.1Exhibit 9.5Exhibit 9.2Exhibit 9.6Exhibit 9.3Exhibit 9.7Exhibit 9.4Exhibit 9.89 There are fewer observations for estimating the average copayment for four-tier drugs compared to other drug types.
Medical Malpractice Law in the United States May 1, 2005 Report In recent years, medical malpractice law and insurance have become popular topics for debate in Washington, DC and around the country. This report provides an overview of the issues surrounding medical malpractice law, including the legal changes that states have made over the past thirty years in response to periodic…
Kaiser Health Poll Report Selected Findings on 2006 State of the Union Address and Health Care January 31, 2006 Poll Finding A new poll from the Kaiser Family Foundation examines what the public took away from President Bush’s State of the Union address, finding that the health messages in the speech have yet to register with most Americans. Despite extensive news coverage both before and after the speech giving information about…
Insurance Matters for Low-Income Adults: Results from a Five-State Survey December 31, 1996 Report Report: Insurance Matters For Low-Income Adults: Results From A Five-State Survey