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Women’s health, global health, HIV, public health, health information and trust
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Communications Officer
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Medicare, racial equity and health policy, mental health
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Senior Communications Officer
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Medicaid, the uninsured, KFF Health News
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Communications Officer
(202) 347-5270
tsmith@kff.org
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News Releases
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New Kaiser 50-State Survey Provides Data on States’ Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program Eligibility Levels and Enrollment, Renewal and Cost-Sharing Policies as of January 2015
A new survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation provides a comprehensive look at where states stand with their Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) eligibility levels and enrollment, renewal and cost-sharing policies as of January 2015, one year into implementation of the Affordable Care Act’s major coverage provisions. … more
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New Report on the “Rising Cost of Living Longer” Details Medicare Spending by Age
A new report, The Rising Cost of Living Longer: Analysis of Medicare Spending by Age for Beneficiaries in Traditional Medicare, from the Kaiser Family Foundation takes a detailed look at per person Medicare spending by age and by service among the nearly 30 million people covered by traditional Medicare in 2011 … more
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High Health-Care Prices: More Talk Than Action
In his latest column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman explores how price is the major factor that distinguishes the cost of our health care system from those in other developed nations, yet most efforts in the U.S. to address health-care costs don’t focus on price much at all. … more
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New Policy Insight Examines Medical Debt Among Insured Consumers
In this new policy insight, Kaiser Family Foundation Senior Fellow Karen Pollitz explores how high cost sharing in health insurance plans can contribute to an individual’s medical debt, and explains how greater transparency in plan details could help consumers avoid some financial pitfalls. … more
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January 13 Event: Where Do We Stand in The Fight Against Ebola? A Conversation with CDC Director Tom Frieden
On Tuesday, January 13, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) held a conversation with Tom Frieden, M.D., M.P.H., director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to discuss his recent trip to assess the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea. … more
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Visualizing Health Policy: Medicare Spending: A Look at Present, Short-Term and Long-Term Trends
This Visualizing Health Policy infographic provides an overview of Medicare spending, including information on current federal spending relative to other government programs (e.g., Social Security) and percent-share of spending across Medicare services, as well as projected Medicare spending over the next decade and beyond. … more
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Which Path for Health-Care Politics in 2015?
In his first 2015 column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman explains why this year, status quo for the Affordable Care Act is not an option and how the Supreme Court rules in King v. Burwell will determine its path. All previous columns by Drew Altman are available online. … more
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Analysis: Global Health Funding in the FY15 Omnibus Appropriations Act
The FY15 Omnibus Appropriations Act contains $5.4 billion in emergency funding to address the Ebola crisis – a significant increase in total U.S. support for global health. Aside from the additional funding for Ebola, global health funding remained essentially flat at $9.2 billion, according to a new Kaiser Family Foundation funding analysis. … more
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Issue Brief Looks At Experiences of People with HIV With Health Coverage Under the ACA
A new Kaiser Family Foundation issue brief examines the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on people with HIV in five states – California, Florida, Georgia, New York and Texas. … more
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Report Examines the Role of Medicare and the Indian Health Service for American Indians and Alaska Natives
A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation examines the role of both Medicare and the Indian Health Service (IHS) in providing access to health care for about 650,000 American Indians and Alaska Natives who are age 65 and older or who have permanent disabilities. … more
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