Katrina's legacy lives on

As the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall approaches, the Kaiser Family Foundation's new report, health challenges for the people of New Orleans, examines the health care status of the adult population of Greater New Orleans based on a fall 2006 household interview survey of residents of the parishes of Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines and St. Bernard.

The analysis details the resident's health coverage and access to health care services after the disaster and shows that more than four in 10 (43%) adults reported at least one health care access problem in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

The survey findings underscore the need to restore services in New Orleans shattered health system. The new analysis is a follow- up to the first survey-based report, Giving Voice to the People of New
Orleans:

The Kaiser Post-Katrina Baseline Survey, which is available at http://www.kff.org/kaiserpolls/pomr051007pkg.cfm