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Polling, health reform, health costs, KFF institutional

Craig Palosky
Senior Director of Communications
(202) 347-5270
cpalosky@kff.org

Women’s health, global health, HIV, public health, health information and trust

Mikhaila Richards
Communications Officer
(202) 347-5270
mrichards@kff.org

Medicare, racial equity and health policy, mental health

Chris Lee
Senior Communications Officer
(202) 654-1403
clee@kff.org

Medicaid, the uninsured, KFF Health News

Tammie Smith
Communications Officer
(202) 347-5270
tsmith@kff.org

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News Releases

  • New Issue Brief Examines Corruption and Global Health

    A new Kaiser Family Foundation brief explores what’s known and understood about how corruption overseas affects U.S. global health programs, including the challenges in measuring and quantifying the problem.  The brief summarizes a roundtable discussion of experts convened by the Foundation. … more

  • Americans’ Health Priorities Diverge From Washington’s Focus on Obamacare

    In his latest column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman finds the public’s health-care priorities have more to do with drug costs and other real-world issues people deal with using the health-care system than the ongoing partisan wrangling over the Affordable Care Act. All previous columns by Drew Altman are available online. … more

  • New Analysis Finds US Individual Insurance Market Grew 46 Percent in First Full Year of Affordable Care Act

    A new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that the nation’s individual insurance market grew 46 percent to 15.5 million people in the first year plans could be purchased through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces, which offer premium assistance to low- and moderate-income people. … more

  • Few Consumers Use Information on Health Provider Quality or Price

    In his latest column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman discusses new poll findings showing very small numbers of consumers are using provider quality and price information. All previous columns by Drew Altman are available online. … more

  • At Tax Time, No Public Backlash Over Obamacare’s Individual Mandate

    As tax season closes, Drew Altman looks at why the ACA’s individual mandate and tax credit reconciliation process “passed their first major hurdles this tax season with no significant public backlash,” in his latest column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank. … more

  • Americans’ Views on the Affordable Care Act Hold Steady, with 43% Now Viewing It Favorably and 42% Unfavorably

    Few Report Seeing Comparative Information about Health Care Prices and Quality, and Less Than 10% Use It Pocketbook and Consumer Issues Top Public’s List of Priorities for the President and Congress, Ahead of Several ACA-Related Issues This month’s Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds public opinion on the health care law holding steady and closely divided. … more

  • Public vs. Private Health Insurance on Controlling Spending

    In his latest column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman analyzes whether public or private health insurance does a better job of controlling costs. All previous columns by Drew Altman are available online. … more

  • New Report Analyzes Health Insurance Coverage of Contraceptives

    A new Kaiser Family Foundation report released today finds how health insurance carriers are interpreting and implementing the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive coverage requirement varies, limiting contraceptive options for some women. … more

  • Medigap and the Medicare “Doc Fix”

    The House-passed legislation to repeal the Medicare Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) includes a provision that would prohibit Medicare supplemental insurance (Medigap) policies from covering the Part B deductible for people who become eligible for Medicare beginning in 2020. … more

  • Why Low Growth in Health Costs Still Stings

    In his latest column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman shows how rising deductibles have eclipsed growth in wages and discusses why that may be the main reason people think costs have been continuing to rise rapidly when instead, growth has slowed. All previous columns by Drew Altman are available online. … more

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