New Toolkit Features Information On The Uninsured; Latest Issue Of Health Affairs Marks 25th Anniversary Of Journal

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Article Date: 05 Nov 2007 - 10:00 PDT

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A Reporter's Toolkit: The Uninsured, Alliance for Health Reform: The new toolkit, which is supported by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, is designed to aid reporters covering health care during the 2008 election campaign and members of the public who are seeking information about the issue. The toolkit provides links to relevant Web sites and articles, as well as polls, reform proposals, a glossary of important terms and other features (Alliance for Health Reform release, 11/1).

November/December 2007 issue, Health Affairs: The November/December issue of Health Affairs features special content to commemorate the journal's 25th anniversary and includes a number of reflections from longtime Health Affairs contributors on changes in the health care system over the past 25 years. The issue also features a study that examines the effect of the new Medicare prescription drug benefit on the elderly, as well as a study by researchers at the Kaiser Family Foundation and the University of California-Los Angeles that found that median out-of-pocket spending on health care increased from 11.9% of income in 1997 to 15.5% in 2003 (Health Affairs release, 11/1).

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