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

These gateway pages link to some of health08.org's video library by common topics and events.

Health Reform Soundbites: Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain
Video clips of sound bites featuring the presidential nominees offering their thoughts on a number of health reform topics.

Viewpoints: The Heath Care Debate
Health08.org's interview series.

Ask the Experts Webcasts on Health Reform
Selection of health reform-related webcasts from kaisernetwork.org's "Ask the Experts" series.

Policy Adviser and Issue Panel Webcasts
View dozens of webcasts with candidate health policy advisors and panels on specific health reform issues.

2008 Primary Election Presidential Candidate Debates
View coverage of health care issues addressed by the presidential candidates during the primary election debates.