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Polling, health reform, health costs, KFF institutional

Craig Palosky
Senior Director of Communications
(202) 347-5270
cpalosky@kff.org

Women’s health, global health, HIV, public health, LGBTQ health, health information and trust

Mikhaila Richards
Communications Officer
(202) 347-5270
mrichards@kff.org

Medicare, racial equity and health policy, mental health

Chris Lee
Senior Communications Officer
(202) 654-1403
clee@kff.org

Medicaid, the uninsured, KFF Health News

Tammie Smith
Communications Officer
(202) 347-5270
tsmith@kff.org

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News Releases

  • How Would a Long-Term “Doc Fix” Affect Seniors’ Medicare Costs?

    In this new Policy Insight, the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Cristina Boccuti and Tricia Neuman examine how Congress’ effort to permanently stave off scheduled cuts in Medicare’s physician payments could affect what Medicare beneficiaries pay for their care — both in premiums and in other potential changes — to offset the cost of the Sustainable Growth… … more

  • The Diseases We Spend Our Health Dollars On

    In his latest column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman explains how a recent Bureau of Economic Analysis report makes the nation’s health care spending more tangible by breaking it down by disease. All previous columns by Drew Altman are available online. … more

  • New Kaiser Policy Insight and Issue Brief Examine Policy Implications and Legal Arguments in the U.S. Supreme Court’s King v. Burwell Case

    With the Supreme Court set to hear oral arguments in King v. … more

  • Medicare Spending Cuts and Hospital Productivity Gains

    In his latest column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman and guest co-author Dana Goldman examine hospital productivity gains, and what they may mean for hospitals’ ability to absorb spending reductions. All previous columns by Drew Altman are available online. … more

  • The Health-Care Enrollment Story Is in the States

    In his latest column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman examines the variation among states beneath the national Affordable Care Act’s Marketplace enrollment numbers released by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. All previous columns by Drew Altman are available online. … more

  • Health Spending is Rising More Sharply Again

    In his latest column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman discusses why high health care prices are a problem for consumers, but not a cause of renewed growth in health spending. All previous columns by Drew Altman are available online. … more

  • New Reports Analyze Cost Sharing in 2015 ACA Marketplace Plans in 37 States

    Charts Examine Savings from Subsidies at Stake in U.S. Supreme Court Case Cost-sharing subsidies under the Affordable Care Act can substantially reduce deductibles and other cost sharing for people with low incomes purchasing coverage in the federally-facilitated insurance marketplace serving 37 states, a new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds. … more

  • Medicare Spending Peaks at Age 96  

    In his latest column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman discusses the implications of a Kaiser finding: per capita Medicare spending peaks at age 96, and the main reason is not end-of-life care. All previous columns by Drew Altman are available online. … more

  • Visualizing Health Policy: Premium Changes in the Affordable Care Act’s Insurance Marketplaces 2014-2015

    This Visualizing Health Policy infographic illustrates the change in monthly premiums by county, and select cities, from 2014 to 2015 for a 40-year-old person covered by the second-lowest-cost silver “benchmark” plan in the Affordable Care Act’s insurance marketplaces. Premium changes were greatest in Summit County, Colo. (45% decrease) and southeastern Alaska (34% increase), before tax credits. … more

  • Medicare’s Role in Health-Care Payment Reform

    In his latest column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, Drew Altman explores whether Secretary Burwell’s announcement this week about Medicare’s payment reform initiative is another sign that the public sector is becoming the engine driving payment and delivery reform. All previous columns by Drew Altman are available online. … more

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