Kaiser Family Foundation

Building American Support for Global Health Spending

Tom Murphy | Posted 05.23.2012

Tom Murphy

The reality of foreign aid spending is vastly different than its perception. Despite representing a small sliver of the federal budget, foreign aid does a lot of good.

Putting Our Premiums Into Medical Care, Not Profits

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.01.2012

Wendell Potter

Chances are that many of the people eligible for an insurance rebate are among those demanding that ObamaCare be repealed or struck down by the Supreme Court. Getting a check in the mail because of ObamaCare might make some of them reconsider.

Should We "Means Test" Your Auto Insurance? Then Why Do It for Social Security?

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 04.19.2012

Richard (RJ) Eskow

Cuts to Social Security -- whether they're in the form of means-testing or the Ryan/Romney proposals to raise the eligibility age and reduce cost-of-living benefits -- will hurt most seniors. They'll cause the most pain to elderly and disabled women and minorities.

Yep, Birth Control Is Still Popular

Margie Omero | Posted 05.05.2012

Margie Omero

Birth control coverage may be controversial in Washington, but it's not controversial with voters overall. Subsequent polling continues to show this to be true.

Mike Sacks

Supreme Court Leaves Clues How It Will Decide Health Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 02.03.2012

WASHINGTON -- A Kaiser Family Foundation poll published as the Supreme Court went into mid-term recess last week reveals that nearly 60 percent of Ame...

Survey Reveals The State Of 'Black Women In America'

Posted 01.23.2012

On the eve of President Obama's State of the Union address, The Washington Post is exploring the state of black women in America. The paper launch...

Very Few Of The Long-Term Unemployed Receiving Benefits

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.13.2011

As the nation faces a labor crisis that refuses to let up, 7 million Americans currently receiving unemployment benefits may be running out of time to...

Holiday Gifts From Health Reform

Linda Bergthold | Posted 02.09.2012

Linda Bergthold

A recent poll found that the American public still doesn't know what is in the health reform law and what is not. Here's the list of health reform "gifts" available this year.

Using PR Playbook to Keep Us in the Dark About Health Insurance Coverage

Wendell Potter | Posted 02.04.2012

Wendell Potter

If you wonder why the health insurance industry has to set up front groups and secretly funnel cash to industry-funded coalitions to influence public policy, take a look at the most recent results of the Kaiser Family Foundation's monthly Health Tracking Poll.

Solyndra!

Rick Horowitz | Posted 01.29.2012

Rick Horowitz

Call it an ode to not-so-clean energy. Or call it a poetry slam. ...

Medicare's Drug Coverage Gap Shrinks

AP | By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR | Posted 11.28.2011

WASHINGTON -- Medicare's prescription coverage gap is getting noticeably smaller and easier to manage this year for millions of older and disabled peo...

Solyndra: An Ode to Not-So-Clean Energy

Rick Horowitz | Posted 01.21.2012

Rick Horowitz

So it's nice to be inventive when you gaze into the sky. When those warming rays inspire you, give the power cell a try. Just make sure you're well connected if you want your piece of pie. So big... so fast... Solyndra!

Mindful Awareness Practices in Private Schools

Ramaa Reddy Raghavan | Posted 01.11.2012

Ramaa Reddy Raghavan

In the fall of 2010 Trinity School in Manhattan presented its theme for the week's lower school chapel.

Losing the PR War -- Again

Wendell Potter | Posted 01.07.2012

Wendell Potter

Lies about the reform law have also gone viral on the Internet. That's not new, but it appears from emails friends and acquaintances forward to me that the dissemination of bogus information has picked up.

Those Rapacious Health Insurers Raise Premiums 9% This Year for Job-Based Health Insurance

Pearl Korn | Posted 12.05.2011

Pearl Korn

Job-based healthcare plans now cost a whopping $15,000 per year for a family, with workers picking up $4,129 of that amount, meaning that workers' share of healthcare costs has risen a stunning 131% in 10 years.

The Affordable Care Act? What the Heck Is That?

Wendell Potter | Posted 11.29.2011

Wendell Potter

As I have traveled across the country in recent weeks, speaking to a wide range of audiences, one thing has become abundantly clear: the provisions of the Affordable Care Act already in effect are anything but abundantly clear to people.

Why Young Latinos Should Care About Medicare

Jeff Cruz | Posted 11.27.2011

Jeff Cruz

Latinos are a young population, and it's very easy for young people to label issues like Social Security, pensions and Medicare as seniors' issues and ignore them. But here's why they shouldn't.

Mark Blumenthal

Poll: Americans Still Unsold On Health Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 08.30.2011

WASHINGTON -- More than a year after the passage of landmark health reform legislation, Americans remain divided on the law and are mostly skeptical o...

Medicaid: A Lifeline Under Attack

Rishi Manchanda | Posted 08.13.2011

Rishi Manchanda

Instead of trying to improve health care and help those in need, some are debating ways to take the lifeline of Medicaid away from seniors, the disabled, low-income adults and children. That's a prescription for disaster.

Health Insurers Have Had Their Chance

Wendell Potter | Posted 07.31.2011

Wendell Potter

Private insurers have had their chance to control costs and expand access and have failed miserably. It is time, more and more people believe, to replace them with a single payer: the government.

Mark Blumenthal

Americans Are Unsure Of The GOP Medicare Plan

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Blumenthal | Posted 06.27.2011

The latest tracking poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds strong opposition to the notion of Medicare cuts or premium increases. But the survey r...

Ryan's Medicare Plan Would Be a Windfall for Insurance Companies

Wendell Potter | Posted 06.21.2011

Wendell Potter

Paul Ryan's "blueprint" is one that will take America back to the pre-1965 days when senior citizens were losing their homes and their farms to pay for medical care. And all the while, insurance companies will be raking it in.

Why Parents Should Both Monitor And Empower Kids Using Social Media

Tina Barseghian | Posted 06.16.2011

Tina Barseghian

With guidance and support -- and with parents to set examples of what they think is appropriate -- kids can learn their place and their responsibility as part of a worldwide online community.

One Year Later: Health Care Reform a Law Worth Keeping

Wendell Potter | Posted 05.25.2011

Wendell Potter

The heated rhetoric we've been exposed to since the health care reform debate began has obscured the harsh realities of a system that failed to meet the needs of millions of Americans. Last year's reform law is a start to fixing that.

Health Reform Is Not Dead

Linda Bergthold | Posted 05.25.2011

Linda Bergthold

If you have not yet seen the results in your own health care, that doesn't mean that results are not coming. Hospitals are busy figuring out how to deliver better quality care at lower cost.