Percent of Nonelderly Women Reporting No Doctor Visit in Past Year Due to Cost, by Race/Ethnicity

Source: The Kaiser Family Foundation, Putting Women’s Health Care Disparities on the Map, available at: www.kff.org/womensdisparities/.

Topics: Minority Health ; Women's Health Policy

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Slide Date: June 10, 2009

Problems Experienced as a Result of Changes in the Economy

Description: Health care costs rank near the top Americans' personal economic concerns, with nearly three in 10 (28 percent) reporting that they or their families have had a serious problem paying for health care and health insurance.

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008  (conducted April 3-13, 2008)

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Slide Date: May 19, 2008

Medicare Advantage Payments Relative to Traditional Fee-for-Service Medicare, 2009

Source: Medicare Payment Advisory Commission, December 2008.

Topics: Medicare

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Slide Date: May 13, 2009

American Public's Reactions to Buying Health Insurance on Their Own, 2008

Description: When asked about the prospect of purchasing insurance on their own, a majority of those who currently have employment-based insurance said it would make things harder for them.  There were no meaningful differences by party affiliation.

Source: Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008  (conducted July 29-Aug 6, 2008)

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Slide Date: October 10, 2008

Dental Coverage and Use Among Non-Elderly Adults, 2005

Description: Low-income adults are less likely (42% vs. 64%) to report any source of dental coverage, and among the low-income, those without dental coverage are much less likely (17% vs. 50%) to have been to the dentist for a check-up.

Source: 2005 Kaiser Low-Income Coverage and Access Survey.

Topics: Uninsured / Coverage

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Slide Date: July 25, 2008

Problems Related to Recent Economic Conditions

Description: Nearly six in ten (58%) Americans face "serious problems" resulting from recent changes in the economy, with one in four (24%) struggling to pay for health care and health insurance.

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll: Election 2008  (conducted July 29-August 6, 2008).

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Slide Date: August 19, 2008

Disruption Continues Three Years After Katrina

Description: Four in ten adults in Orleans Parish report that their lives are still "very" or "somewhat" disrupted.

Source: New Orleans Three Years after the Storm: The Second Kaiser Post-Katrina Survey, 2008  (conducted March 5 – April 28, 2008).

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Slide Date: August 29, 2008

Medicare Part D Enrollees Who Reached the Coverage Gap in 2007

Description: An estimated 3.4 million Medicare Part D enrollees (26%) who filled a prescription in 2007 reached the coverage gap, where they faced the full cost of their prescriptions.

Source: Georgetown University/NORC/Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of IMS Health LRx database, 2007.

Topics: Medicare

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Slide Date: September 05, 2008

Health Knowledge Gain and Retention from Television

Description: Knowledge about the likelihood of mother-to-child HIV transmission rose substantially among Grey's Anatomy viewers following an episode dealing with the issue.

Source: Kaiser Family Foundation, Television as a Health Educator: A Case Study of Grey’s Anatomy, September 2008.

Topics: Media and Health

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Slide Date: September 16, 2008

Average Health Insurance Premiums and Worker Contributions for Family Coverage, 1999-2008

Description: Employer-sponsored health insurance premiums have risen from $5,791 in 1999 to $12,680 in 2008.

Source: Kaiser/HRET Survey of Employer-Sponsored Health Benefits, 1999-2008.

Topics: Costs / Insurance

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Slide Date: September 25, 2008