Tracking Global COVID-19 Vaccine Equity: An Update
As the United States makes new commitments to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, an updated analysis finds low-income countries and most African countries are on pace to miss global vaccination targets. Income-based disparities in vaccinations are likely to grow if current trends continue.
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September 14, 2021
The Red/Blue Divide in COVID-19 Vaccination Rates
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September 8, 2021
Extreme Heat and Racial Health Equity
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August 20, 2021
Parents Report More Negative Pandemic Effects on Kids Who Attend School Virtually vs. In-Person
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August 20, 2021
Funding for Health Care Providers During the Pandemic: An Update
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The Next Stage of COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-Out in United States: Children Under 12
Analysis of characteristics of children under 12 in the U.S. to help inform COVID-19 vaccination efforts when they become eligible.
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COVID-19 Continues to be a Leading Cause of Death in the U.S. in August
This brief revisits where deaths from COVID-19 rank among leading causes of death in the U.S. and finds that COVID-19 is again the third leading cause of death in August 2021. We also assess age-specific rank of COVID-19 among leading causes of death in the U.S.
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Medicare and Dental Coverage: A Closer Look
Medicare does not cover routine dental care and about half of Medicare beneficiaries do not have dental coverage. This brief provides new data on the share of Medicare beneficiaries with dental coverage, the share with a dental visit in the past 12 months, and out-of-pocket spending on dental care.
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Most private insurers are no longer waiving cost-sharing for COVID-19 treatment
This analysis finds nearly three quarters of the largest health plans in each state are no longer waiving enrollees’ cost-sharing requirements for COVID-19 treatment as of August 2021. Insurers largely waived those costs early in the pandemic, before safe and effetive vaccines were available.
Greater Than COVID
NEW VIDEOS EXPAND THE CONVERSATION: Pediatricians Answer Questions about Children and the COVID-19 Vaccines
THE CONVERSATION / LA CONVERSACIÓN expands to address information needs about the COVID-19 vaccines available to children 12 and older and the status of vaccines for younger children. Produced by KFF under its Greater Than COVID public information response, this campaign is presented with the American Academy of Pediatrics. The new videos join the expansive living video library featuring Black and Latinx health care workers answering common questions on the COVID vaccines (available in English and Spanish). YouTube/Google, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest are supporting distribution.
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KHN: Supreme Court Declines to Overturn ACA — Again
The Supreme Court turned back its third chance to upend the Affordable Care Act, rejecting a lawsuit filed by a group of Republican state attorneys general claiming that a change made by Congress in 2017 had rendered the entire law unconstitutional.
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Potential Impact of California v. Texas Decision on Key Provisions of the Affordable Care Act
This fact sheet summarizes the major provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), illustrating the breadth of its changes to the health care system and public attitudes toward those changes.
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Health Reform
5 Charts About Public Opinion on the Affordable Care Act and the Supreme Court
This compiles key polling data examining the favorability of the Affordable Care Act and its provisions, including protections for people with pre-existing conditions.
