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New Analysis Estimates State-By-State Impact on Enrollment and Spending of Converting Medicaid to Block Grant Financing And Repealing The Health Reform Law
An analysis released by the Kaiser Family Foundation's Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured provides a state-by-state look at the estimated reductions in Medicaid enrollment and spending that would result if Medicaid is converted to a block grant and the planned expansion of the program under the health reform law is eliminated as called for under the House Budget Plan.

New Chartbook Provides Comprehensive Look At Women's Health Care in the U.S.
The new Women's Health Care Chartbook presents findings from a national survey of women ages 18 to 64 and provides a look at the experience of women in the health care system. The chartbook includes data on insurance coverage, affordability of and access to care, use of health care services, prevention, and family health.

April Health Tracking Poll Explores Public Opinion on Proposed Medicare Changes to Reduce the Budget Deficit
As Congress and the president debate different approaches to reducing the deficit, the April Kaiser Health Tracking Poll indicates that initial public reaction is fairly evenly split when a premium support/voucher program like the one in House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan’s “Path to Prosperity” proposal is described, but seniors prefer to keep the current Medicare system by a 2‐to‐1 margin. Meanwhile, public opinion on the health reform law remains remarkably steady.

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Analysis Projects Deductibles for Consumers Under Reform's Health Insurance Exchanges State Budgets Under Federal Health Reform: Variations in Estimated Impacts Reform Law Summary and Implementation Timeline
Issue Brief Examines Federal Requirements and State Options in Medicaid Physician Willingness and Resources to Serve More Medicaid Patients: Perspectives from Primary Care Physicians Brief Examines Implications of Converting Medicaid Into A Block Grant Program
Brief Examines Proposed Medicare Changes in "Path to Prosperity" Brief Examines the Independent Payment Advisory Board Side-by-Side Comparison of Medicare Changes In Recent Deficit-Reduction Proposals
2010 Annual Employer Health Benefits Survey Health Care Spending in the U.S. and Selected OECD Countries Survey Examines Premiums, Benefits and Experiences of People with Non-Group Health Insurance
The Uninsured and the Difference Health Insurance Makes The Uninsured: A Primer Summary of Coverage Provisions in the New Health Reform Law
Health Reform in Communities of Color Kaiser's Monthly Update on Health Disparities Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program
Side-By-Side Looks at Legislation on Federal Financing of Abortion and Reproductive Health Services Impact of Health Reform on Women’s Access to Coverage and Care Resources Examine Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among Women at the State Level

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