Women’s Health Data Book: A Profile of Women’s Health in the United States November 30, 2001 Fact Sheet The Women’s Health Data Book: A Profile of Women’s Health in the United States, offers the latest data and trends on the wide range of health issues that affect women across their life spans. Published by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Jacobs Institute of Women’s Health, the Data Book…
Pieces of the Puzzle September 30, 2001 Report A new report describes the Report to Congress by the Department of Health and Human Services on consumer protection and quality assurance requirements for Medicaid managed care and discusses the differences between the original Federal rule and the revised one.Report Executive Summary
Health News Index–May/June 2000 June 1, 2000 Poll Finding Health News Index May/June, 2000 The May/June 2000 edition of the Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health, Health News Index includes questions about major health stories covered in the news, including questions about the Congressional Democrats’ proposal to have the Medicare program cover prescription drug costs for the elderly.…
Post-Election Survey: The Public and the Health Care Agenda for the New Administration and Congress January 1, 2001 Poll Finding This Kaiser Family Foundation-Harvard School of Public Health survey, conducted immediately after the 2000 Presidential election, finds that health care issues ranked near the top of voters priorities for spending the surplus. Medicare ranked among the top three priorities, along with education and Social Security, and ahead of paying off…
Targeting Medicare Drug Benefits: Costs and Issues May 30, 2001 Report This report, written by Marilyn Moon and Matthew Storeygard of the Urban Institute, estimates the potential cost of targeting drug benefits to low-income Medicare beneficiaries and those with catastrophic drug expenses and discusses some of the key programmatic issues that could arise under this approach. The authors predict that a…
Medicaid-Related Provisions in the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 March 2, 2000 Report In December, the President signed into law the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999, which includes provisions that will give states additional options for extending Medicaid coverage to working disabled individuals. This memo presents an overview of the eligibility options offered under the new legislation (Publication…
Long-Term Care: Medicaid’s Role and Challenges November 2, 1999 Issue Brief Long-Term Care: Medicaid's Role and ChallengesThis Policy Brief examines Medicaid's role in providing long-term care services. It describes long-term care services, the population that needs these services, and how people get long-term care services. It provides an overview of health insurance coverage of persons with long-term care needs and describes…
Medicaid Managed Care for Persons with Disabilities: Case Studies of Programs in Florida, Kentucky, Michigan and New Mexico April 29, 2000 Report This report, Medicaid Managed Care for Persons with Disabilities Case Studies of Programs in Florida, Kentucky, Michigan and New Mexico, provides in-depth descriptions of the case studies in these states.
Profiles of Disability: Employment and Health Coverage September 2, 1999 Report This Background Paper presents information on the disabled population, as well as alternative definitions of disability and the resulting impact on population estimates of the disabled population. In addition, this paper presents a profile of non-elderly persons with disabilities, including work status and health insurance coverage, and concludes with a…
Variations in State Medicaid Buy-in Practices for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries: A 1999 Update December 30, 1999 Report This report updates a 1997 Foundation report to assess how states are implementing financial protections for the 16 million Medicare beneficiaries who are low-income. These protections, generally referred to as “buy-in programs,” help low-income Medicare beneficiaries meet Medicare’s cost-sharing requirements by using state Medicaid programs to pay either all or…