Key Data
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Public Opinion
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Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), October 2002.
The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is designed to provide policymakers, health care administrators, businesses, and others with timely, comprehensive information about health care use and costs in the United States, and to improve the accuracy of their economic projections. The survey includes data on the health-care services that Americans use, how frequently they use them, the cost of these services, and how they are paid for; as well as data on the cost, scope, and breadth of private health insurance held by and available to the U.S. population.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, The CMS Chart Series, February 2003.
These charts provide an overview of the U.S. health-care system, CMS program operations, and the Medicare program. Data on the Medicare program include information on Medicare beneficiaries and spending, utilization of services, and the Medicare+Choice program.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, The Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, November 2002.
The Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) is a continuous, multipurpose survey of a nationally representative sample of aged, disabled, and institutionalized Medicare beneficiaries. MCBS, which is sponsored by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), is the only comprehensive source of information on the health status, health care use and expenditures, health insurance coverage, and socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the entire spectrum of Medicare beneficiaries.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, National Health Accounts Data, February 2003.
These data tables include National Health Expenditures—historical and projected—and State Health Expenditures.
Kaiser Family Foundation,Medicare: A Primer, March 2007.
This primer explains key elements of the Medicare program, which provides health coverage to nearly 44 million people. It looks at the characteristics of the Medicare population, what benefits are covered, how much people with Medicare pay for benefits and the program’s overall costs and future financing challenges.
Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicare: A Timeline of Key Developments, July 2005.
This interactive timeline provides information about policy developments over the course of the last 40 years of the Medicare program and will be updated with new developments as they occur.
Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicare Chart Book, July 2005.
This chart book includes data and background information critical to understanding the Medicare program and the challenges it faces in keeping up with the rising costs of health care and in ensuring the program’s future financial security. It covers a wide range of topics, including Medicare’s beneficiaries, spending and utilization, supplemental insurance and out-of-pocket spending, prescription drugs, and financing Medicare.
Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicare and Medicaid at 40, July 2005.
This resource examines how the Medicare and Medicaid programs came into existence and how they have evolved. It includes video documentaries, interactive timelines, background data and information, as well as a webcast of an event with the government officials responsible for the program over the past 40 years.
Kaiser Family Foundation, State Health Facts Online.
The state-by-state information available on this site covers a wide variety of health policy topics including health insurance coverage and characteristics of the uninsured, minority, enrollment and spending for Medicare, Medicaid and the SCHIP program, population demographics, health status measures, and breakdowns by racial/ethnic group.
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Family Circile and Kaiser Family Foundation, National Survey on Health Care and Other Elder Care Issues, September 2000.
As part of a joint project with Family Circle, this national survey examines the knowledge and experiences of 806 adults with a parent 65 and older in an effort to understand their role in helping their aging parents.
Kaiser Family Foundation, New Survey Assesses Senior's Views of Medicare Drug Law, January 2005.
Seniors are most likely to say they would turn to their doctor, pharmacist, or Medicare program for help in making decisions about the new Medicare drug benefit set to begin January 1, 2006.
Kaiser Family Foundation, Health Care Agenda for the New Congress, January 2005.
This survey captures the public's attitudes regarding the health care agenda for Bush's second term and the new Congress in 2005.
Kaiser Family Foundation, Views of the New Medicare Drug Law: Chartpack on People with Disabilities, October 2004.
This chartpack presents additional analysis of the survey data, focusing on the views of people under age 65 with physical and/or mental disabilities.
Kaiser Family Foundation, Views of the New Medicare Drug Law: Chartpack By Income Group, September 2004.
This chartpack, an assessment of attitudes toward the new Medicare drug law, looks at key findings broken down by income group.
Kaiser Family Foundation, Views of the New Medicare Drug Law: A Survey of People on Medicare, August 2004.
This comprehensive survey of people on Medicare assesses their attitudes toward the new Medicare drug law. The survey provides detailed insight in their perceptions and opinions about the law, the Medicare-approved drug-discount card program and the new Medicare drug benefit set to begin in January 2006. It also assesses views on the law’s implications for the 2004 elections.
Kaiser Family Foundation, Selected Findings on Knowledge and Understanding of the New Medicare Rx Drug Program: May/June 2004 Kaiser Health Poll Report Survey, July 2004.
Topline findings from the May/June 2004 Kaiser Health Poll Report survey, including knowledge and opinions about the new Medicare prescription drug law.
Kaiser Family Foundation, Kaiser Health Poll Report May/June 2004: American's Views of Disability, May/June 2004.
A broad and informative bimonthly report, the May/June 2004 Current Feature focuses on Americans' views of disability.
Kaiser Family Foundation, The Medicare Prescription Drug Law: What Are Seniors Saying?, June 2004.
Recent focus groups conducted with people on Medicare provide insight into what Medicare beneficiaries know and think about the new law and discount card program.
Kaiser Family Foundation, Selected Findings on Knowledge and Understanding of the New Medicare Rx Drug Program: March/April 2004 Kaiser Health Poll Report Survey, April 2004.
Selected findings from the March/April 2004 Kaiser Health Poll Report survey underscore the need to educate seniors about the new Medicare prescription drug program. When asked if the new Medicare law includes a discount card, about six in 10 seniors didn’t know enough to say or said it wasn’t included. Additionally, only 18% of seniors were aware of a new $600 subsidy to help low-income seniors with their drug costs.
Kaiser Family Foundation and Commonwealth findings of 1997 Survey of Medicare Beneficiaries, Medicare Beneficiaries: A Population at Risk, December 1998.
Highlights the challenges facing Medicare beneficiaries and the importance of addressing the needs of low-income and other high-risk segments of the Medicare population.
Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University School of Public Health, Medicare Prescription Drug Survey, September 2003.
This survey examines public opinion on the current Medicare prescription drug debate.
Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University School of Public Health, National Survey on Health Care and the 2000 Elections, January 2000.
Education and health care lead the list of issues voters say will be on their minds when they cast their ballots in the 2000 election.
Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University School of Public Health, Post-Election Survey: The Public and the Health Care Agenda for the New Administration and Congress, January 2001.
This Kaiser Family Foundation-Harvard School of Public Health survey, conducted immediately after the 2000 Presidential election, finds that health care issues ranked near the top of voters’ priorities for spending the surplus.
Kaiser Health Poll Report, The Public on Prescription Drugs for Seniors, April 2005.
The Kaiser Health Poll Report is a bimonthly report designed to provide key tracking information on public opinion about health care topics to journalists, policymakers and the general public. This Feature Report tracks public opinion poll findings over time on the topic of prescription drugs for seniors.
Kaisernetwork.org, Health Poll Search: Medicare.
Health Poll Search is a searchable archive of public opinion questions on health issues that allows users to know what Americans think about health issues, as well as what Americans have thought about health issues over time.
The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University School of Public Health, National Survey on Prescription Drugs, October 2000.
A public opinion update summarizing key findings from several surveys conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation in conjunction with other partners, and several other background documents address topics such as Medicare prescription drug coverage proposals, opinions on importing lower-priced prescription drugs from other countries, views of pharmaceutical companies, and general information about prescription drug usage and coverage.
The Washington Post, Kaiser Family Foundation, and Harvard University, A Generational Look at the Public: Politics and Policy, October 2002.
The survey explores age-related variations in views of politics and policy, including voting behaviors, opinions of the government, and social values.
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