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Individuals from communities of color are more likely to be uninsured than non-Hispanic whites. Over one-third of Hispanics (37%) are uninsured. They are three times more likely to be uninsured than non-Hispanic whites. Nearly one-fourth of African Americans and one-fifth of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) (Veenstra and Higashi, 2000) and American Indian/Alaskan Natives (AI/AN) are uninsured (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2002). 

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, "Race, Ethnicity and Medical Care—A Survey of Public Perceptions and Experiences," 1-29 (1999). 

Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, "Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Health Insurance and Health Care," UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, XI, 3 (2002). 

Mayberry, R., "Racial and Ethnic Differences in Access to Medical Care," Henry ]. Kaiser Family Foundation, 1-3 (1999). 

Figure 2.1. Trends in the financial statements of major pharmaceutical manufacturers, top 10 firms, 1990-2000. Source Kaiser Family Foundation (2001), Exhibit 31, p. 45.

Kaiser Family Foundation. 2001. Prescription Drug Trends A Charthook Update Washington, DC. 

Kaiser Family Foundation. 2002. Employer Health Benefits 2002 Annual Survey. Washington, DC. 

Kaiser Family Foundation. 2005. Prescription Drug Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries A Summary of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003. AvaUahle at www.klf.org/medicare/6112.cfm. Last accessed November 5,2005. 

Views on prescription drugs and the pharmaceutical industry, The Kaiser Family Foundation, 2005. 

Kaiser Family Foundation, Views on Prescription Drugs and the Pharmaceutical Industry, Kaiser Public Opinion Spotlight. Available online. URL http //www. kff.org/spotlight/rxdmgs/upload/Rx Drugs.pdf. Updated April 2008. 

Mollyann Brodie, Testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, May 8, 2008, Kaiser Family Foundation. Available online. URL http //www.kff. org/kaiserpolls/upload/7774.pdf. Downloaded April 11, 2009. 

General Treatments. The Kaiser Family Foundation supports a wide variety of health-related projects, including many related to prescription drugs. Its webpage on prescription drugs (URL http //www.kff.org/ rxdrugs/index.cfm) lists dozens of relevant documents, many relating to... 

Kaiser Family Foundation. USA Today/Kaiser Family Foundation/Har-vard School of Public Health Survey The Public on Prescription Drugs... 

Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) URL http //www.kff.org E-mail web form Phone (650) 854-9400 2400 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 A charitable organization that focuses on major health care issues facing the United States, including access to prescription drugs, by doing research and communicating facts, information, and analysis. 

Kaiser Family Foundation. 2004. Prescription Drug Trends. Available at http //www.kff.org/ rxdrugs/loader.cfm url=//commonspot/security/getfile.dfm PageID=48305 [Accessed May 24, 2005]. 

The full impact that the well-publicized use of supplements by sports icons has had on young athletes worldwide is difficult to determine. A 2000 survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 73% of 10-17 year olds surveyed cited a famous athlete as someone they looked up to or wanted to be like. And while 55% were aware of Mark McGwire s use of andro, only 5% reported ever having purchased a dietary supplement because of a famous athlete. Yet the fact remains that performance-enhancing supplement use is at an all-time high among America s youth. 

Kaiser Family Foundation. 2005. United States spends more per capita than other nations study finds. Available at www. kaiser net wo rk.org daily reports accessed on April... 

Schneider A, Elam L. 2002. Medicaid Purchasing prescription dmgs. Kaiser Family Foundation Report. Menlo Park, CA Kaiser Family Foundation, January, 2002. 

SOURCE Kaiser Family foundation Illustration of standard Medicare drug benefit decrlbed... 

Figure 17-1. Standard medicare prescription drug benefit for 2006. (From the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit - An Updated Fact Sheet ( 7044-04), The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, June 2006.) Source http //www.kff.org/medicare/medicarebenefitataglance.cfm, accessed on June 19, 2008.

The MMA defined a standard drug insurance benefit. This standard benefit represents the minimum level of service that any PDP must provide. The standard benefit has the characteristics described below and in Fig. 17-1. Note how the benefit has changed in just two short years because the numbers for 2008 are also included below (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2006a,... 

Kaiser Family Foundation. 2006a. Standard Medicare Drug Benefit available at www.kff.org/medicare/ medicarebenefitataglance.cfm accessed on November 14, 2007. 

Kaiser Family Foundation. 2006b. Chartpack Seniors and the Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, December available at www.kfF.org/kaiserpolls/7604.cfm accessed on November 7, 2007. 

Kaiser Family Foundation. 2006c. Tracking Prescription Drug Coverage under Medicare Five Ways to Look at the New Enrollment Numbers, February available at http //kff.org/medicare/7466.cfm accessed on November 8, 2007. 

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