A collection of resources on health reform issues from the Kaiser Family Foundation.

Kaiser Election Resources | The Uninsured | Medicaid/SCHIP | State Health Reform | Health Care Costs and Trends in Private Coverage

Kaiser Election Resources

• Presidential Candidate Health Care Proposals: Side-by-Side Summary
• 2008 Presidential Candidates: Health Care Issues Side-by-Side Summary
• Election 2008 Issue Brief on Health Care Costs
• Election 2008 Issue Brief on Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: What are the Options?

• Election 2008 Issue Brief on Women's Health
• Election 2008 Issue Brief on Medicare's Current and Future Policy Issues
• Election 2008 Issue Brief on Covering the Uninsured: Options for Reform
• Kaiser Health Tracking Polls: Election 2008
• Kaiser Public Opinion Spotlight: Health Care and Elections
• Presidential Candidate Issue Spotlight: Global Health and HIV/AIDS
• Pulling It Together, From Drew Altman
• KaiserEDU: Health Care as a 2008 Election Issue
• KaiserEDU: Tutorial on Health Care and the Election

 

The Uninsured

• Health Insurance Coverage in America Chartbook
• The Uninsured: A Primer
• Five Basic Facts on the Uninsured
• The Uninsured and Their Access to Care
• Health Coverage for Low-Income Americans: An Evidence-Based Approach to Public Policy
• Uninsured Moderate-Income Children: The Impact of Parent Employment on Access to Employer Coverage
• Uninsured Young Adults: A Profile and Overview of Coverage Options
• Testimony -- Addressing Disparities in Health and Health Care: Issues for Reform
• Testimony -- Health Care Affordability and the Uninsured
• Five Basic Facts on Immigrants and Their Health Care

 

Medicaid/SCHIP

• Medicaid in a Declining Economy: Limited Approaches for States to Control Spending
• Health Coverage of Children: The Role of Medicaid and SCHIP
• Medicaid, SCHIP and the Economic Downturn: Policy Challenges and Policy Responses
• State Children's Health Insurance Program: Reauthorization History
• Health Coverage for Children and Families in Medicaid and SCHIP: State Efforts Face New Hurdles
• Choosing Premium Assistance: What Does State Experience Tell Us
• A Race to the Top: Illinois' All Kids Initiative

 

State Health Reform

• States Moving Toward Comprehensive Reform
• Massachusetts Health Care Reform: Two Years Later
• Healthy San Francisco Fact Sheet
• Vermont Health Care Reform Fact Sheet
• Healthy Indiana Plan: Key Facts and Issues
• Testimony -- State-based Health Reform Efforts
• StateHealthFacts.org

 

Health Care Costs and Trends in Private Coverage

• How Private Health Coverage Works: A Primer
• Health Care Costs: A Primer
• Employer Health Benefits 2007 Annual Survey
• Trends in Health Care Costs and Spending
• Tax Subsidies for Health Insurance
• The U.S. Economy and Changes in Health Insurance Coverage, 2000-2006
• Comparing the Assets of Uninsured Households to Cost Sharing Under High Deductible Health Plans
• Health Savings Accounts and High Deductible Health Plans: Are They An Option for Low-Income Families
• Snapshots: Employer Health Insurance Costs and Worker Compensation
• How Non-Group Coverage Varies with Income
• How Trends in the Health Care System Affect Low-Income Adults: Identifying Access Problems and Financial Burdens

• Snapshots: Offer Rates by Smaller Establishments by Business Age

 

Sens. McCain and Obama On The Issues: Health Care Reform