The Biggest Health Policy Decisions Now Facing the Trump Administration
Eliminating the Medicaid Expansion Federal Match Rate
A proposal to cut federal spending on the ACA Medicaid expansion could reduce total Medicaid spending by up to $1.9 trillion over a 10-year period and end coverage for as many as 20 million people.
The impacts would be felt in both blue and red states and could effectively end the Medicaid expansion. See state-by-state estimates.
What’s Next for the Affordable Care Act?
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How Much Global Health Funding Goes Through USAID?
This analysis highlights USAID’s role in global health and shows that the agency provided the vast majority of the nation’s global health assistance for other countries in 2023 (about $6.2 billion or 73% of the total bilateral global health funding that year).
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Responses to the Executive Order on Gender Affirming Care
While the order does not immediately change policies or regulations that guide access to gender affirming care, it has created confusion and disruption of services. There is now a legal challenge, and responses by states.
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The Monitor: Federal Health Communications and ADHD Skepticism
This volume examines the impact of executive actions on federal health communication, along with concerns surrounding ADHD diagnoses and treatments, including skepticism about pharma influence on medication promotion.
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Beyond the Data, a Column by Drew Altman
In his regular Beyond the Data columns, CEO Drew Altman discusses what the data, polls, and journalism produced by KFF mean for policy and for people.