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Spending and Number of Patients Served Continue to Grow for the Nation's AIDS Drug Assistance Programs
Annual survey of ADAPs also shows that budget shortfalls and program restrictions persist.

	Barbara Jordan Congressional Scholars Program In Their Own Words: The Uninsured Talk About Living Without Health Insurance Fast Facts on Medicaid and the Uninsured loveLife Initiative

Percentage of California Employers Offering Health Insurance Climbs Above 50% Mark, But Still Trails The Nation
A new survey of California employers looks at health insurance coverage, costs, premiums and covered benefits.

New Campaign to Bridge the Digital Divide
To help minority and low-income youth gain access to computers and the Internet in their own neighborhoods, the Kaiser Family Foundation has teamed up with the AOL Time Warner Foundation, American Library Association, Benton Foundation, Digital Divide Network, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights/Leadership Conference Education Fund, PowerUP and Univision to launch ConnectNet/Conectado, a multi-faceted public education campaign.

Introducing Kaisernetwork.org
Through webcasting, daily news summary reports, a national calendar, AdWatch, Health Poll Search, and other services to come, this free online service from the Kaiser Family Foundation keeps you informed about critical health policy issues.

The Challenge of Providing Coverage to the Low-Income Uninsured
The Executive Director of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Diane Rowland, testified to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance about who the uninsured are and why they remain without health coverage.

Talking with Kids (and Parents): A New Public Information Partnership with Nickelodeon
Talking with Kids About Tough Issues has teamed up with Nickelodeon in a national initiative launching March 8th, 2001 to support parent-child communication about "tough issues" - sex, violence, drugs and respect. The partnership will kick off with the release of data from a new survey of kids age 8-15 and their parents.

Medicaid Basics
View presentation slides and other briefing materials from a Kaiser Commission policy briefing on Medicaid, the nation's health program for low-income and disabled individuals. Basic information on eligibility, financing, and benefits is available.

The Latest Data on Health Insurance Coverage ...
A Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured publication provides charts and tables with the latest health coverage data, with a special emphasis on the uninsured population.

...And the Key Facts of the Uninsured Problem
A fact sheet outlining the policy issue.

Prescription Drug Coverage for the Medicare Population
The Executive Director of the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Diane Rowland, testified to a U.S. House committee about prescription drug coverage for the Medicare population and Medicaid's coverage of drugs for low-income seniors.

Why the Pace of Medicaid Spending Is Likely to Increase
A new analysis identifies the underlying factors for spending growth in the near future.

More TV Shows Include Sexual Content
There has been a significant increase in the number of television shows with sexual content over the last two years; just one in ten of these shows includes a reference to safer sex or to the possible risks and responsibilities of sex. These are among the findings of SEX ON TV: Content and Context, the largest study ever of sexual content on television.

CHIP Enrollment Shows Steady Increase...
A Kaiser Commission report on Children's Health Insurance Program enrollment shows progress, with total enrollment of 2.3 million as of June 2000.

... And Plays a Large Role in Reduced Uninsured Numbers
A Kaiser Commission analysis indicates that CHIP implementation and stabilized Medicaid enrollment played a large role in a decline of uninsured Americans in 1999.

New National Survey of Teens on HIV/AIDS
Released just prior to World AIDS Day, this survey assesses attitudes and knowledge about the epidemic among a generation at risk.

Medicaid Enrollment Increasing in Most States
A Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured report updates enrollment numbers for states' Medicaid programs as of December 1999.

Sex Education in America: A View from Inside the Nation's Classrooms
What is - and what is not - covered in sex education today? Who determines the curriculum? Are schools teaching what parents want taught? What do students say they need to know, and are they learning it in school? A series of new national surveys by the Kaiser Family Foundation of students and their parents, teachers, and principals, provides an in-depth look at sex education today.