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Older voters look beyond Medicare, Social Security

...economy is extremely important to their vote than Medicare, says a poll released Thursday by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation. A recent Associated Press-GfK poll shows 7 in 10 seniors say taxes and the federal deficit are important...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2012-09-28/older-voters-look-beyond-medicare-soc
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Medicare premiums up - but not as much as expected

...what the law requires and determined by independent actuaries rather than politics," said Tricia Neuman of the Kaiser Family Foundation.Neuman said the explanation probably concerns the relationship between Medicare premiums and Social Security...

http://juneauempire.com/not-web/2011-10-28/medicare-premiums-not-much-expected
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Should energy secretary resign over $537 million mistake? Pro: Steven Chu deserves a booby prize for naivete

...leading some to speculate it was due to the Solyndra connections of Obama donor George Kaiser and his George Kaiser Family Foundation.Kaiser was a key fundraiser for Obama's presidential campaign, hosting a 2007 fundraiser at his home that...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-11-11-0
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Con: Health care law is already sending costs through the roof

...end of his first term. But costs are rising now even faster than before the law was enacted in March 2010.A Kaiser Family Foundation survey found that premiums for a family policy topped $15,000 a year in 2011, increasing an average of...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2011-12-30/con-health-care-law-already-sending-c
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Knowles appoints task force to look at prescription drugs

...estimate for a proposed prescription drug cost assistance program in the state. Knowles cited a study by the Kaiser Family Foundation that showed Alaska has the fastest growing prescription drug prices in the nation. That study, released in...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/080402/sta_legdrugs.shtml
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Majority less important than ending partisan rigidity

...still believe we have the best system of government. Source: A study by The Washington Post, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and Harvard University, published Oct. 10.

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/110210/opi_729750680.shtml
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Taxing health benefits would be a costly solution

...has rightly set forth "shared responsibility" as a fundamental component of health reform. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation, in 2008 employers spent, on average, $9,325 per employee for coverage for a family of four, and hard-working...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/072109/opi_466812140.shtml
Health-care sacrifice

...advisable; people are increasingly edgy about how reform will affect their own health care. A new poll by the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that that the percentage of those who believe they will be worse off if reform passes (21 percent) has...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/072709/opi_471370802.shtml
Play-or-pay provision means more lost jobs

...help, those at the bottom of the economic food chain. Consider some numbers: Last year, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, the average annual premiums for family coverage in employer-sponsored health insurance was $12,680. Under...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/073009/opi_472861840.shtml
Are your children alone in their rooms?

...the typical American kid is more media center than library. It's ``media central,'' according to the Kaiser Family Foundation report, ``Kids & Media - the New Millennium.'' Seventy percent of American children have a radio in their...

http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/011000/Ope_comment.html
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