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New Data Note Examines Public's Perspective on High-Income Seniors and Medicare Reforms that Impact Them
Based on data from the February 2012 Health Tracking Poll, a new data note examines at what income level the public sees seniors as "wealthy" and finds that the answer has a lot to do with how the question is asked.

National Campaign Encourages Young People to “Get Yourself Tested” for STDs, Including HIV
The fourth annual "GYT: Get Yourself Tested" campaign kicks off National STD Awareness Month (April) with new initiatives on-air, online, and on the ground at college campuses and in more than 5,000 health centers across the nation. GYT is an ongoing national campaign launched in 2009 as an extension of a longstanding public information partnership between MTV and the Kaiser Family Foundation to address the high rates of STDs among those under 25.

Study Compares Value of Medicare's Benefits With Large Employer Plans
An updated Foundation study finds that Medicare remains less generous on average than typical large employer health plans, even after recent improvements in the program’s drug coverage.

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Briefing Tackles Implications of Supreme Court Case Illustrating Health Reform: How Will Coverage Work? Implementing Health Insurance Exchanges: State Profiles
Foundation Resources on People Dually Eligible for Medicaid and Medicare Governors' Budgets for FY 2013 -- What Is Proposed for Medicaid? Faces of Medicaid: Online Resource Profiles Medicaid Beneficiaries
Comparison of Medicare Premium Support Proposals Test Your Medicare Knowledge With This Kaiser Quiz Analysis Examines Options For Raising Medicare Premiums for Higher-Income Beneficiaries
2011 Annual Employer Health Benefits Survey Health Affairs Article: The Growth In Cost Per Case Explains Far More Of US Health Spending Increases Than Rising Disease Prevalence Health Care Spending in the U.S. and Selected OECD Countries
Key Resources on Health Coverage and the Uninsured Brief Examines Changes in Health Insurance Coverage in the Great Recession Key Facts on Health Coverage for Low-Income Immigrants Today and Under Health Reform
Health Reform in Communities of Color Kaiser's Monthly Update on Health Disparities Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program
Medicaid's Role for Women Across the Lifespan Tutorial: Reproductive Health Care Policy for Women in the U.S. Impact of Health Reform on Women’s Access to Coverage and Care

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