Health Coverage & the Uninsured: Access to Care

Diane Rowland Testifies on Access to Care
Diane Rowland, executive vice president of KFF and executive director of the Foundation’s KCMU, testified March 24, 2009, before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health as part of a hearing entitled, “Making Health Care Work for American Families: Access to Care.” Rowland addressed why Medicaid can be a platform for health care reform.

Trends in Access to Care Among Working-Age Adults, 1997-2006
This policy brief finds about 39 million working-age adults nationally reported cost as a barrier to receiving needed health care in 2006, a number that grew by an average of 1 million people annually over the decade studied. Uninsured working-aged adults experienced the most consistent erosion over the 10 years, resulting in a widening gap in access to care between insured and uninsured adults.

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Congressional Testimony on Expanding Health Care Coverage -- May 2009
This contains the prepared written testimony of Foundation Executive Vice President Diane Rowland and Vice President Gary Claxton, who each testified May 5, 2009, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance's Roundtable On Health Care Coverage.

Key Health and Health Care Indicators by Race/Ethnicity and State -- April 2009
This data update shows variation This updated fact sheet shows variations across states and racial and ethnic groups for six key health and health care indicators.

New, Updated Resources on Community Health Centers -- March 2009

The Kaiser Family Foundation has issued three new resources that examine the role of community health centers as a key components of the U.S. health care system, providing primary care to more than 16 million patients nationwide in 2007.

How Is The Primary Care Safety Net Faring in Massachusetts? Community Health Centers In The Midst of Health Reform -- March 2009

This report examines how community health centers have fared under Massachusetts' health reform law.

Community Health Centers -- March 2009

This fact sheet provides a basic overview of community health centers, covering issues such as the patients they serve, the services they provide and the financing they receive.

Community Health Centers in an Era of Health System Reform and Economic Downturn: Prospects and Challenges -- March 2009

This issue brief reviews the role of community health centers in the nation's health care safety net.

Making Health Care Work for American Families: Medicaid and Access to Care -- March 2009

Diane Rowland, executive vice president of the Kaiser Family Foundation and executive director of the Foundation’s Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, testified March 24, 2009, before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health as part of a hearing entitled "Making Health Care Work for American Families: Access to Care."

The COBRA Subsidy and Health Insurance for the Unemployed -- March 2009

This issue brief written by Kaiser staff examines the potential impact and limitations of new temporary subsidies created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to help people maintain their employer-sponsored health coverage after a layoff.

Report and Video Highlight Health Coverage Struggles, Other Economic Concerns of Working Families -- February 2009

A report and companion video on family budgets and health care examine the financial struggles of many families in the U.S. and show the central role of health care costs and coverage in a household's economic stability.

Video: "Snapshots from the Kitchen Table: Family Budgets and Health Care" -- February 2009

This Kaiser Family Foundation documentary, Snapshots from the Kitchen Table: Family Budgets and Health Care, profiles several American families who are struggling to make ends meet. It depicts the narrow financial ledge on which millions of low- and middle- income working households stand even in normal economic times, and illustrates the central role that health care costs and coverage play in a household's economic stability.

This contains the prepared written testimony of Foundation Executive Vice President Diane Rowland and Vice President Gary Claxton, who each testified May 5, 2009, before the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance's Roundtable On Health Care Coverage.

This data update shows variation This updated fact sheet shows variations across states and racial and ethnic groups for six key health and health care indicators.