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Women's Health Policy: Access to Care

Women and Health Care: A National Profile
A national survey of women on their health examines their health status, health care costs, insurance, access to care, prevention, and role in family health care.

Women's Access to Care: A State-Level Analysis of Key Health Policies
A detailed report about a range of state-based policies that affect women's access to care, focusing on private insurance, Medicaid, and reproductive health measures.

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Abortion in the U.S.: Utilization, Financing and Access -- June 2008
This fact sheet provides key data on the levels of use of different abortion procedures in the United States and reviews the different federal and state policies that affect availability of and access to services.

Kaiser Fast Facts -- May 2008
“Kaiser Fast Facts” features “QuickTakes” and “Kaiser Slides” – two tools that provide direct access to facts, data and slides about the nation's health care system and programs, in an easy-to-use format. “QuickTakes” presents an inventory of facts-at-a-glance and "Kaiser Slides" allows Web visitors to freely view, download and print graphics and tables of health policy statistics and trends.

HPV Vaccine: Implementation and Financing Policy -- February 2008
This fact sheet on the HPV vaccine provides background information and highlights key issues related to implementation and financing policy.

Women's Health Insurance Coverage Fact Sheet -- December 2007
This updated fact sheet discusses the predominant forms of health insurance coverage for women ages 18 to 64, including coverage rates, benefits, recent coverage trends, and issues related to uninsured women.

Health Insurance Coverage of Women Ages 18 to 64, by State, 2005-2006 -- December 2007
This fact sheet provides state-by-state data on the uninsured rate, as well as rates of private insurance coverage and Medicaid coverage, among women nationally, in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Role of Health Insurance Coverage in Women's Access to Prescription Medicines -- December 2007
This article presents findings from the 2004 Kaiser Women's Health Survey examining how health insurance coverage affects access to prescription medicines for non-elderly women.

Medicaid's Role for Women - Update -- November 2007
This issue brief provides an overview of the Medicaid program and its role in providing health and long-term care coverage for low-income women.

Medicaid's Role in Family Planning -- October 2007
The Alan Guttmacher Institute and the Kaiser Family Foundation have updated this issue brief to provide an overview and analysis of the important role that Medicaid plays in financing family planning services to low-income women across the nation.

Women's Health Policy: Are the Times Really A-Changing? - Editorial -- September 2007
This editorial, published in the journal Women's Health Issues, describes the current state of key women's health policy issues, including reproductive health, long-term care, and Medicaid, and assesses how policymakers might address these issues in the future.

Early Experiences of Medicare Beneficiaries in Prescription Drug Plans -- August 2006
This report offers insights into Medicare beneficiaries' experiences under the new Medicare drug benefit, based on a focus-group discussion with Medicare State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) Directors.

This fact sheet provides key data on the levels of use of different abortion procedures in the United States and reviews the different federal and state policies that affect availability of and access to services.

“Kaiser Fast Facts” features “QuickTakes” and “Kaiser Slides” – two tools that provide direct access to facts, data and slides about the nation's health care system and programs, in an easy-to-use format. “QuickTakes” presents an inventory of facts-at-a-glance and "Kaiser Slides" allows Web visitors to freely view, download and print graphics and tables of health policy statistics and trends.

This fact sheet on the HPV vaccine provides background information and highlights key issues related to implementation and financing policy.

This updated fact sheet discusses the predominant forms of health insurance coverage for women ages 18 to 64, including coverage rates, benefits, recent coverage trends, and issues related to uninsured women.

This fact sheet provides state-by-state data on the uninsured rate, as well as rates of private insurance coverage and Medicaid coverage, among women nationally, in the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

This article presents findings from the 2004 Kaiser Women's Health Survey examining how health insurance coverage affects access to prescription medicines for non-elderly women.

This issue brief provides an overview of the Medicaid program and its role in providing health and long-term care coverage for low-income women.

The Alan Guttmacher Institute and the Kaiser Family Foundation have updated this issue brief to provide an overview and analysis of the important role that Medicaid plays in financing family planning services to low-income women across the nation.

This editorial, published in the journal Women's Health Issues, describes the current state of key women's health policy issues, including reproductive health, long-term care, and Medicaid, and assesses how policymakers might address these issues in the future.

This report offers insights into Medicare beneficiaries' experiences under the new Medicare drug benefit, based on a focus-group discussion with Medicare State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) Directors.

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Women's Health Policy: Access to Care

Women are major consumers of health care services, in many cases negotiating not only their own care but also that of their family members. Their reproductive health needs, greater rate of health problems, and longer life spans compared with men make their relationships with the health system complex. Their access to care is often complicated by their disproportionately lower incomes and greater responsibilities juggling work and family. Because of their own health needs, limited financial resources, and family responsibilities, women have a vested interest in the scope and type of services offered by health plans, as well as in the mechanisms that fund health care services.