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Poll: Public Says Drug Companies Have More Influence in Washington than the NRA

By Reports on Health Insurance and Health Care Costs from the Kaiser Family Foundation in ACA's Future, health costs, Health Reform, Kaiser Family Foundation, prescription drugs, Tracking Poll
March 23, 2018

Democrats Split on Whether to Fix the ACA or Push for a National Health Plan; Few Democratic Voters Say a National Health Plan is Their Top Issue for the Midterms As policymakers weigh strategies to address the high cost of prescription drugs, the latest Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds that a large majority of the…More

Snapshots: Compensation for Workers with and without Access to Health Benefits at Work

By Austin Smith in Employer Health, health costs, Kaiser Family Foundation, prescription drugs
July 8, 2008

A newer version of this Snapshot is available here. Compensation for Workers with and without Access to Health Benefits at Work October 2008 This paper compares the payroll and benefit compensation of workers that had access to employer-sponsored heal…

Illustrating the Potential Impacts of Adverse Selection on Health Insurance Costs in Consumer Choice Models

By Austin Smith in health costs, Kaiser Family Foundation, prescription drugs
July 7, 2006

Health Care Spending in the United States and OECD Countries Health spending is rising faster than incomes in most developed countries, which raises questions about how these countries will pay for future health care needs. The issue may be…

Current Trends and Future Outlook for Retiree Health Benefits: Findings from the Kaiser/Hewitt 2004 Survey on Retiree Health Benefits

By Austin Smith in Employer Health, health costs, Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicare, prescription drugs, Retiree Coverage
November 30, 2004

Current Trends and Future Outlook for Retiree Health Benefits: Findings from the Kaiser/Hewitt 2004 Survey on Retiree Health Benefits A new survey of large employers finds businesses and retirees experienced double-digit increase in retiree health cost…

The Impact of Cost Sharing on Appropriate Utilization and Health Status: A Review of the Literature on Seniors

By Austin Smith in health costs, Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicare, prescription drugs, Uninsured
November 29, 2004

The Impact of Cost-Sharing on Appropriate Utilization and Health Status: A Review of the Literature on Seniors This article provides a review of research that has addressed the impact of patient cost-sharing on the use of health care services and subse…

Health Care and the 2004 Elections

By Austin Smith in Disparities Policy, health costs, Kaiser Family Foundation, Medicaid, Medicare, prescription drugs, Uninsured, Women's Health Policy
August 31, 2004

** Update: For information on health care and the 2008 election, visit www.health08.org. ** Health care issues continue to be important for many Americans and a vital part of the policy debates in Washington and around the country. During an election s…

The Development of Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising Regulation

By Austin Smith in health costs, Kaiser Family Foundation, prescription drugs
February 28, 2003

This article, which appears in the Food and Drug Law Journal, vol. 57, no. 3, 2002, pp. 423-444 was based on a report written by F.B. Palumbo and C.D. Mullins at the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy Center on Drugs and Public Policy and funded…

Latest Findings on Employer-Based Coverage of Contraception

By Austin Smith in Employer Health, health costs, Kaiser Family Foundation, prescription drugs, Women's Health Policy
July 30, 2002

This memorandum provides background on the issue of contraceptive coverage and presents new findings from the soon to be released Kaiser/HRET 2002 Annual Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits. Employer Based Coverage of Contraception

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