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The Foundation's interactive health reform calculator has been updated to illustrate how government assistance for insurance premiums could work under the health reform law enacted this year.
This interactive feature captures the history of health reform efforts in the United States over much of the last century up to the enactment of a major reforms in March 2010.
Fact sheets, reports, and interactive maps describe state health reform initiatives.
In his latest column, the Kaiser Family Foundation's President and CEO takes a closer look at the views of seniors about the health reform law.
This analysis examines the potential state-by-state impact on Medicaid enrollment and spending of the expansion of coverage for low-income adults under the health reform law. An archived webcast of the briefing is available.
Kaiser's July Tracking Poll finds that half the public (50%) has a favorable view of the health reform law, while the share with an unfavorable view slipped to 35% (down from 41% in June). The July poll also includes a special focus on seniors.
Public opinion played a prominent role during the recent health care reform debate. In a published Health Affairs article, Kaiser researchers examine past and present polling and show that opinion tracked with historic patterns and was relatively stable, even if the contentious public debate suggested a volatile public mood in 2009 and 2010.
The Foundation's experts are frequently invited to provide expert testimony before Congress on key health reform issues, including the May 5 U.S. Senate Committee on Finance coverage.