Throughout this election season, the Kaiser Family Foundation will provide analysis of health care issues addressed by the presidential candidates.
2008 Presidential Candidate Health Care Proposals: Side-by-Side Summary
This online tool allows users to customize side-by-sides and provides summaries of candidates' positions in four overall categories: access to health care coverage, cost containment, improving the quality of care and financing.
Pulling It Together: Health IN the Economy
Will health fade as a public concern as the economy rises as the public's top priority? How are concerns about health and the economy linked? Does the rise of economic concerns present obstacles or opportunities for health reform? In his latest Pulling It Together essay, Foundation President Drew Altman takes on these questions, drawing from the Foundation's latest polls and analyses in a column called "Health IN the Economy."
Issue Spotlight: Global Health and HIV/AIDS
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How the next U.S. president addresses global health challenges as well as the HIV/AIDS epidemic will have important implications for the U.S. and the world. This Issue Spotlight presents brief summaries of each candidate's position on global health and HIV/AIDS, along with a selection of quotes and relevant resources.
Statehealthfacts.org
View the latest state-level health, demographic and economic data on states with upcoming primaries and caucuses, including Kentucky and West Virginia. Get facts on the number of uninsured, health expenditures, SCHIP enrollment, state government tax collections and more.
