President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress are moving to follow through on their campaign promise to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). To gain a better understanding of the personal experiences of Trump voters with health coverage ...
EL SEGURO DE SALUD EXPLICADO: ¡LOS YOUTOONS LO TIENEN CUBIERTO!, es un video que narra de forma divertida temas importantes de seguros médicos, tales como primas, gastos de bolsillo y red de proveedores. Este video explica cómo las personas pagan por s...
EL SEGURO DE SALUD EXPLICADO: ¡LOS YOUTOONS LO TIENEN CUBIERTO!, es un video que narra de forma divertida temas importantes de seguros médicos, tales como primas, gastos de bolsillo y red de proveedores. El video también explica cómo las personas paga...
EL SEGURO DE SALUD EXPLICADO: ¡LOS YOUTOONS LO TIENEN CUBIERTO!, es un video que narra de forma divertida temas importantes de seguros médicos, tales como primas, gastos de bolsillo y red de proveedores. Este video explica cómo las personas pagan por s...
Maria has been HIV positive for 18 years. Before she enrolled in a health plan through the ACA marketplace, she did not have health insurance, and relied on the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program to meet her HIV health needs. The Ryan White Program now plays a d...
Valentine lives with her partner and three children, in New York City and was diagnosed with HIV about five years ago. She lost her employer sponsored health insurance when her hours were cut to part-time. She initially enrolled in an ACA marketplace heal...
Shandora has been HIV positive for 26 years, and has received consistent HIV care from the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program since 2009. She lives in Atlanta, Ga., with her teenage son. Shandora is uninsured: Her employer does not offer health insurance coverag...
Health of the Healthcare System is a diagnostic look at the state of our healthcare system. How does the U.S. healthcare system compare to health systems of other high-income countries, and how has it fared over time? Kaiser Health News and former NPR r...
Do you understand health insurance out-of-pocket costs like copays, coinsurance and deductibles? The YouToons are here to explain how this part of health insurance works. Watch the full video at kff.org/aca. Written and produced by the Henry J. Kaiser Fa...
How do health insurance premiums work? The YouToons provide a quick explanation of the basics. Watch the full video at kff.org/aca. Written and produced by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. The Foundation is not associated with Kaiser Permanente or ...
What is a provider network? The YouToons are here to explain how they work, and what could happen if you go out of network. Watch the full video at kff.org/aca. Written and produced by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. The Foundation is not associa...
After Mary Francis suffered a stroke in 1999, she relocated from Oklahoma City to Richmond, Virginia to live with her daughter, Mary. Her stroke left her with no muscle control on the left side of her body, and she has since required the help of a caregiv...
Maxine is a 90 year old woman who has diabetes, spinal stenosis, and short-term memory loss. These conditions require her to have a full-time caregiver to assist with cooking, cleaning and other daily activities. It was important to Maxine to remain in th...
Kim works as an assistant to a general contractor. Before gaining coverage through Arkansas’ Medicaid expansion, she was uninsured for 12 years. During that time, she was unable to get preventive care. Due to cost, she avoided seeking medical attention...
Bill was 27 years old and working as a nurse when he had his first mental break. He was admitted to the hospital, and diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Because of the severity of his condition, Bill had to stop working. He spends 30 hours a week in a day ...
Penny is a senior with Guillain-Barré Syndrome and resides in a nursing home. As a result of her illness, she is unable to walk and needs 24-hour access to care. Although she is eligible for and enrolled in Medicare, Medicaid pays for her long-term care ...
Maria is a registered nurse at a community health center in Texas. She doesn’t earn enough to purchase private health insurance for herself or her children and doesn’t have employer coverage. Because of her income, the children qualify for and are enr...
Abdul was born with several developmental disabilities which affect his ability to learn and communicate. Through a Medicaid waiver in his state, Abdul received an internship placement, as well as a job and transportation coach. He was eventually offered ...
Sam is six years old, and has fragile X syndrome and mild autism, resulting in various developmental disabilities. He has private insurance but it doesn’t cover all the specialists, services and therapies that someone with his condition requires. Throug...
When Wendy lost her job in 2009, she lost her health insurance with it. While unemployed and uninsured, Wendy began noticing symptoms of what turned out to be pernicious anemia, a treatable but incurable condition affecting the body’s red blood cells. H...
Todd is a full-time student and works two part time jobs. His wife Erin stays at home with their 8 month old baby, Jane. Erin had Medicaid coverage during her pregnancy and the two months that followed but she and husband Todd are now uninsured. They earn...
With Medicare and Medicaid turning 50 this year, KFF provides a brief history of both programs, including an examination of the health care, social and political landscape that gave rise to them, the significant ways each program has evolved over five dec...
Written and produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation, The Story of Medicare: A Timeline serves as a visual timeline of Medicare’s history, including the debate that led to its creation in 1965 and subsequent changes, such as: the passage and repeal of t...
Gary Claxton and Larry Levitt, Co-Executive Directors of the Kaiser Family Foundation’s Program for the Study of Health Reform and Private Insurance, discuss what a change to the definition of ‘full-time worker’ could Mean to the Affordable Care Act...
El seguro de salud, explicado: ¡los YouToons lo tienen cubierto! desglosa conceptos de seguros como primas, deducibles y redes de proveedores. Explica cómo las personas pagan por su cobertura y cómo obtener cuidado médico y medicamentos recetados con...
Health insurance can often be confusing, and complicated. Watch the full video here: http://youtu.be/-58VD3z7ZiQ, and learn more about obtaining, using, and keeping your insurance policy....
This cartoon explains health insurance using fun, easy-to-understand scenarios. It breaks down important insurance concepts, such as premiums, deductibles and provider networks. The video explains how individuals purchase and obtain medical care and presc...
Barry Schwartz, author of The Paradox of Choice and a TED conference speaker, responds to a question about how people make choices in this Kaiser Family Foundation briefing (May 13, 2014): http://kff.org/medicare/event/may-13-briefing-how-well-are-seniors...
This video debuted at a Senate Special Committee on Aging hearing on March 5, 2014 as part of testimony by Foundation Senior Vice President Tricia Neuman, director of the Foundation's Program on Medicare Policy. http://kff.org/medicare/video/old-and-poor-...
Produced by the Kaiser Family Foundation, "Old and Poor: America's Forgotten" shows the difficult challenges that low-income seniors face in making ends meet, and features first-hand interviews with low-income seniors living in Baltimore, rural West Virgi...
Antes del inicio del período de inscripción abierta, el 1 de octubre, la Kaiser Family Foundation presenta un video en español para que el público comprenda mejor los cambios que vienen próximamente bajo la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio (Affo...
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Watch the newest YouToons video (released Nov. 11, 2014), Health Insurance Explained – The YouToons Have It Covered: http://youtu.be/-58VD3z7ZiQ About The YouToons Get Ready for Obamacare: Join the YouToons as they walk through the basic changes in th...
¿Esta confundido acerca de cómo la nueva ley de reforma de salud realmente funciona? Este video explica los problemas relacionados con el sistema de salud actual, los cambios que están sucediendo ahora, y los cambios importantes que se anticipan para e...
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With Washington considering changes to Medicare to reduce the federal deficit, this video from the Kaiser Family Foundation highlights the Medicare program's evolution from its origins to the current day. It also discusses the program's impact on the 50 m...
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Opening Convocation Charles Straight, United States AIDS 2012 Co-Chairs' Welcome Dr. Elly Katabira, Uganda Dr. Diane Havlir, United States Welcome to Washington, D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, United States Time for Accountability Annah Sango, Zimbab...
The second webcast from the Foundation and the Black AIDS Institute examines the just concluded International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C. Experts discuss the most notable developments of the Conference and what remains to be done....
Award Presentation: IAS-NIDA Fellowship Red Ribbon Award Announcement Ending the HIV Epidemic: from Scientific Advances to Public Health Implementation Dr. Anthony Fauci, United States Deciding Moment: Ending the AIDS Epidemic in America Together ...
Can Public-Private Partnerships Help Those who Think Globally, Act Locally? In a rapidly changing financial environment, there are many global issues that compete for resources, and additionally, HIV is no longer perceived as an emergency by some. As a c...
Award Presentation: IAS-NIDA Fellowship Red Ribbon Award Announcement Ending the HIV Epidemic: from Scientific Advances to Public Health Implementation Dr. Anthony Fauci, United States Deciding Moment: Ending the AIDS Epidemic in America Together ...
The Way Forward For Development of an HIV-1 Vaccine Dr. Barton Haynes, United States Turning the Tide for Children and Youth Dr. Chewe Luo, United States Making Women Count: A Comprehensive Agenda Linda Scruggs, United States Turning the Tide fo...
Award Presentation: IAS/ANRS Young Investigator Award Award Presentation: IAS/CCABA Prize for Excellence in Research Related to the Needs of Children Affected by AIDS Award Presentation: TB/HIV Research Prize TB and HIV: Science and Implementation ...
Award Presentation: Creative and Novel Ideas in HIV Research Grants Programme Viral Eradication: The Cure Agenda Javier Martinez-Picado, Spain Implementation Science: Making the New Prevention Revolution Real Nelly Mugo, Kenya What Will It Take t...
One of the most crucial aspects of addressing HIV/AIDS epidemics within specific countries is the development of a national HIV/AIDS strategy. Such strategies serve as roadmaps and provide necessary steps to meaningfully impact HIV/AIDS epidemics in respe...
Turning the Tide for MSM and HIV Dr. Paul Semugoma, Uganda The Tide Cannot Be Turned Without Us: HIV Epidemics Amongst Key Affected Populations Cheryl Overs, Australia Making Waves: The Changing Tide of HIV and Drug Use Debbie McMillan, United Sta...