Pulling It Together, from Kaiser Family Foundation President and CEO Drew Altman

Pulling it Together: 2012: The ACA, and More

webmaster@kff.org — 2012-01-04 00:00:00 GMT

In his latest column, Kaiser Family Foundation President Drew Altman looks ahead at the wide range of health policy issues and marketplace changes that will be in play inside and outside the Beltway in 2012.

Bono, Jon Stewart and the HIV/AIDS Message

webmaster@kff.org — 2011-12-14 00:00:00 GMT

In his latest column, Kaiser President Drew Altman spotlights a conversation between Bono and Jon Stewart on HIV/AIDS and discusses what the message about HIV/AIDS should be in light of new research on the benefits of early treatment.

Pulling it Together: The Most Popular Provision in the ACA?

webmaster@kff.org — 2011-11-30 00:00:00 GMT

In his latest column, Kaiser Family Foundation President Drew Altman discusses the importance of a surprise finding in this months tracking poll the most popular provision in the ACA is a requirement that health plans provide consumers with a short, easy to understand summary of their health insurance benefits and coverage.

Pulling it Together: Business and Health Care Costs

webmaster@kff.org — 2011-10-13 00:00:00 GMT

In his latest column, Kaiser Family Foundation President Drew Altman explores employer attitudes about their own ability to control health costs based on the Foundations annual employer benefits survey.

Pulling It Together: Rising Health Costs Are Not Just a Federal Budget Problem

webmaster@kff.org — 2011-09-27 00:00:00 GMT

In his latest column, Kaiser Family Foundation President Drew Altman looks at the findings from the Foundations annual employer health benefits survey from the perspective of employers and families facing rising premiums in a weak economy.

Pulling It Together: Uninsured But Not Yet Informed

webmaster@kff.org — 2011-08-29 00:00:00 GMT

In his latest column, Kaiser President Drew Altman explores the surprise in Kaiser's latest tracking poll what the uninsured know and dont know about how the Affordable Care Act will affect them.

Pulling It Together: Are We Headed for a Government Takeover of Health Care?

webmaster@kff.org — 2011-08-01 00:00:00 GMT

In his latest column, Kaiser President Drew Altman looks at what the new report from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Actuary says about a government takeover of the health care system.

Pulling It Together: Writing Regulations

webmaster@kff.org — 2011-07-21 00:00:00 GMT

In this column, Kaiser Family Foundation President Drew Altman examines the new federal regulations on health insurance exchanges, and the political dynamics of the regulation writing process.

Pulling It Together: Medicare, Medicaid, and The Multiplier Effect

webmaster@kff.org — 2011-06-10 00:00:00 GMT

In his latest column, the Kaiser Family Foundation's President and CEO Drew Altman discusses a new way of thinking about why the public reacts as it does to proposals to change big programs like Medicare and Medicaid, which he calls the "multiplier effect."

Pulling It Together: Predictions

webmaster@kff.org — 2011-05-25 00:00:00 GMT

In his latest column, the Kaiser Family Foundation's President and CEO makes three predictions about health policy issues.