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EBRI/Commonwealth Fund Consumerism in Health Care Survey, 2006
Poll released in December 2006 examines early experience with high-deductible and consumer-driven health plans . . . more

Retiree Health Benefits Examined: Findings from the Kaiser/Hewitt 2006 Survey on Retiree Health Benefits
As the new Medicare drug benefit nears its second year, nearly eight in 10 large employers expect to continue to offer drug coverage to their retirees and accept subsidies from the federal government to offset some of those costs, according to a new survey released in December 2006 by the Kaiser Family Foundation and Hewitt Associates . . . more

Health Information Technology in the United States: The Information Base for Progress
Fewer than one in 10 doctors uses a 'fully operational' electronic health record system, according to a study released in October 2006 by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation the federal government's National Coordinator for Health Information Technology . . . more

New Reports Analyze Latest Data on Health Coverage, Examine the Decline in Employer-Sponsored Coverage
The percentage of employees with health insurance coverage provided by their employers declined nearly 4 percentage points between 2001 and 2005, according to reports released in October 2006 by the Kaiser Family Foundation . . . more

Unfunded State and Local Health Costs: $1.4 Trillion
States and localities have $1.4 trillion in unfunded promises of retiree health benefits, according to an October 2006 report from the Cato Institute . . . more

Sources of Health Insurance and Characteristics of the Uninsured
Health care coverage of the pre-age 65 population in the United States reached its lowest point in 11 years in 2005, according to an October 2006 report from the Employee Benefit Research Institute . . . more

The Future of Drug Safety: Action Steps for Congress
The Institute of Medicine offers 25 recommendations for improving the drug approval process in a September 2006 report . . . more

Medicare Physician Payments: Trends in Service Utilization, Spending, and Fees Prompt Consideration of Alternative Payment Approaches
The Government Accountability Office examines the adequacy of Medicare's sustainable growth rate system to determine physician fees in a July 2006 report . . . more

Savings Needed to Fund Health Insurance and Health Care Expenses in Retirement
Today's 65-year-old couple with an average life expectancy would need nearly $300,000 to cover health care premiums and out-of-pocket expenses for the rest of their lives, according to a study released in July 2006 by the Employee Benefit Research Institute . . . more

Expectations Shrinking for Medicare Part D Enrollment
The new Medicare prescription drug benefit is not living up to its billing, a February 2006 study from Families USA concludes . . . more

Employer Health Benefits 2005 Annual Survey
Survey released in September 2005 by Kaiser Family Foundation and Health Research and Educational Trust finds health insurance premiums rose 9.2 percent in 2005 . . . more

2005 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust and Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Funds
Medicare hospital insurance trust fund lifespan extended one year, but program costs are spiraling, program trustees say in annual report released March 23, 2005 . . . more

Report on Prescription Drug Importation
Health and Human Services panel releases report in December 2004 that has little good to say about drug importation . . . more

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