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  • Navigating Medicare and Medicaid: Introduction – Online version

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    Congress created Medicare and Medicaid in 1965 to provide health coverage to two fairly distinct groups of Americans: workers who reach age 65 (that is, senior citizens) and certain groups of low-income people. While much has remained constant in Medicare and Medicaid in the past 40 years, both programs have evolved significantly. Collectively, they have come to play a major role in providing health care coverage and long-term services and supports for people of all…

  • Navigating Medicare and Medicaid: Interaction Between Medicare and Medicaid – online version

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    Supplemental Medicaid Coverage for Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries How does an individual become a dual eligible? How are dual eligibles different from other Medicare beneficiaries? What does it mean to be a primary and/or secondary payor? In 2003, Congress enacted a Medicare reform law that included a prescription drug benefit. How does this law affect dual eligibles? More than 7 million people receive both Medicare and Medicaid; these individuals are called “dual eligibles” or “dual enrollees.”…

  • Navigating Medicare and Medicaid: Medicaid – online version

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    Back to the Top What does it mean to be “medically needy”? Thirty-five states plus the District of Columbia operate medically needy programs. The medically needy option allows states to provide Medicaid to certain groups of individuals who are ineligible because of excess income, but who have high medical expenses. States often use the medically needy program to expand coverage primarily to persons who spend down by incurring medical expenses so that their income minus…

  • The Effects of Electronic Media on Children Ages Zero – Six: A History of Research — Issue Brief

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    The Effects of Electronic Media on Children Ages Zero to Six: A History of Research -- Issue Brief This issue brief explores the history of research about the effects of electronic media on children zero to six years old (including the funding sources), summarizes the findings of the seminal studies in this area, and notes gaps in the research base. Recent studies indicate that even the youngest children in the United States are using a…

  • Improving Your Website

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    Improving your Website: Principles of Good Web Design Presentation for Families USA Conference, January 2005 (PPT)

  • Impact of Pharmaceutical Promotion on the Use of Antidepressant Medication

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    Two recent articles have been published on the impact of direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) on the use of antidepressants, based on research by researchers at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and funded in part by the Kaiser Family Foundation. These articles include: "Effects of Direct-to-Consumer Advertising on Medication Choice: the Case of Antidepressants," Journal of Public Policy and Marketing, 23(2):115-127, Fall 2004 (J.M. Donohue and E.R. Berndt). This research found that DTCA for…

  • State AIDS Programs and the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA):  A Conference Call Discussion for State AIDS Directors and ADAP Coordinators

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    State AIDS Programs and the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA): A Conference Call Discussion for State AIDS Directors and ADAP Coordinators November 10, 2004 at 2pm ESTKaiser Family Foundation & The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors Medicare is estimated to cover almost one in five people living with HIV/AIDS in care. Although Medicare provides broad coverage of basic health care services, it has high cost-sharing requirements, no cap on out-of-pocket spending, and doesn’t…

  • Health News Index: October 2004

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    Now I’m going to read you a list of some stories covered by news organizations in the last month or so.  As I read each one, tell me if you happened to follow this news story very closely, fairly closely, not too closely, or not at all closely.  (First,) how closely did you follow this story…?     Total Closely Very Closely Fairly Closely Total Not  Closely Not too Closely Not at all Closely DK/…

  • Health Security Watch: October 2004 (2)

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      During the past three years, has the amount of money you pay directly each month or have deducted from your paycheck for your health insurance premiums gone up a lot, gone up a little, stayed the same, or gone down?     Based on those who are insured (n=1,080) 31 Gone up a lot 39 Gone up a little 22 Stayed the same 2 Gone down 6 Don’t know/Refused     Was this a…