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National Survey on Consumers' Experiences With Patient Safety and Quality Information
This survey assesses Americans' perceptions about the quality of health care, their awareness and reported usage of information in making their health care choices, and their experiences with their health care providers five years after the Institute of Medicine's landmark report on medical errors.
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KNOW HIV/AIDS Releases New PSAs to Promote HIV Testing
Viacom Inc. launched of a new set of public service advertisements (PSAs) featuring hip-hop artist Common, promoting HIV testing as part of their KNOW HIV/AIDS public education initiative.
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Medicaid and Women: What's at Stake?
The Foundation held a briefing on November 10, 2004 to address how the Medicaid program works for women and discuss what women have at stake in federal and state efforts to restructure the program.
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The Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic: A Timeline of Key Milestones
An interactive web-based timeline designed to serve as an ongoing reference tool for many of the political, scientific, cultural, and community events that have occurred from 1981 - 2004.
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Kaiser Health Poll Report - September/October 2004
The September/October featured topic uses data from the 2003 Kaiser Health Insurance survey to examine the public’s expectations and priorities for health insurance. The report also includes Health Security Watch, Health Care Priorities, and Health News Index.
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Talking About Medicare: Your Guide to Understanding the Program
This new, online consumer guide helps people on Medicare and their family members and caregivers to make informed decisions about their health care.
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Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program
Application Deadline: January 7, 2005
The scholars program brings talented Latino, African American, Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian/Alaska Native college seniors and recent graduates to Washington, DC, where they work in congressional offices and learn about health policy. Through the nine-week program (May 24 - July 29, 2005), scholars gain knowledge about federal legislative procedure and health policy issues, while further developing their critical thinking and leadership skills.
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Media Leaders Commit to Fight HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Held in Moscow, the Eurasia Media Leaders Summit on HIV/AIDS was organized by Transatlantic Partners Against AIDS, Gazprom-Media and the Global Media AIDS Initiative, a joint effort of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS, Kaiser and the United Nations’ Department of Public Information.
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Health Issues and the 2004 Elections
The Kaiser Family Foundation has issued informational materials on some of the health policy issues of concern to the American public, including Medicare, the uninsured and the problem of rising health care costs.
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Employer Health Benefits 2004 Annual Survey
This annual survey of employers provides detailed insights into trends in employer-based health coverage, including changes in premiums, employee contributions, cost-sharing policies and other relevant information. The 2004 survey included 3,017 randomly selected public and private firms with three or more employees and was conducted jointly by the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust.
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Prescription Drug Trends Fact Sheet
This two-page fact sheet, updated in October 2004, provides trend data for prescription drug expenditures and the key factors that contribute to rising prescription spending: increases in utilization and prices, and changes in drug use from older drugs to newer higher-priced drugs.
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HIV/AIDS Public Education Campaign Wins Emmy
“Be Safe/Fight For Your Rights: Protect Yourself,” a partnership of the Kaiser Family Foundation and MTV to inform young people about sexual health issues such as HIV/AIDS, was awarded the 2003 National Public Service Emmy by the National Television Academy.
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Two New Reports Show Progress on Health Coverage is Threatened as States Continue to Face Growing Pressures to Control Costs
Two new KCMU 50-state surveys show states continue to face budget pressures that could limit public coverage. One survey shows all states plan more Medicaid cost-containment actions in FY2005 and the second shows that after recent gains, securing Medicaid and SCHIP coverage is more difficult for low-income families in 23 states.
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Foundation Resources on the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit
The Foundation has compiled resources to reflect the latest information on the Medicare Drug Law, as well as background materials on various parts of the law, including these recent releases: a survey of what people on Medicare think about the new drug law; and issue papers exploring key issues that may be of concern for Medicare beneficiaries as the new Medicare drug benefit is implemented.
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Social and Economic Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health
A new issue brief examines disparities in maternal and infant health outcomes between women of different incomes, educational levels and racial/ethnic groups.
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New Reports Analyze Latest Trends in Uninsured Population and Health Coverage
New Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured reports show that between 2000 and 2003 the number of uninsured rose 5.1 million, with the number of uninsured children dropping due to Medicaid and SCHIP coverage and the number of uninsured adults rising due to a decline in employer coverage.
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Trends and Indicators in the Changing Health Care Marketplace, 2004 Update
Current information on key health care marketplace trends including health care spending and costs; health insurance enrollment, premiums, and benefits; the structure of the health care marketplace; and consumers and the safety net.
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The Role of Media in Childhood Obesity
A new report reviews more than 40 studies on the role of media in the nation's dramatically increasing rates of childhood obesity and concludes children who spend the most time with media are more likely to be overweight.
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Statehealthfacts.org Has a New Look and Contains New Data
Updates have been made to more than 78 topics, including health insurance premiums and coverage, providing trend information for the 44 states that had declines in employer-based health insurance coverage between 2000 and 2003.
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