What Happens After People Lose Medicaid Coverage?
Analysis suggests that many of the millions of people across the U.S. who are expected to lose Medicaid following the end of the pandemic-era continuous enrollment provision could end up without health coverage for months or more. By 12 months out, however, most people who were disenrolled will have obtained coverage again, either through re-enrolling in Medicaid or transitioning to private insurance.
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What to Know about Medicare Spending and Financing
This brief provides an overview of Medicare spending and financing, highlighting trends in Medicare spending and key drivers of spending growth, including higher enrollment, growth in health care costs, and increases in payments to Medicare Advantage plans.
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Medicaid: What to Watch in 2023
As 2023 kicks off, a number of issues are at play that could affect coverage and financing under Medicaid. This issue brief examines key issues to watch in Medicaid in the year ahead.
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FAQs on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Coverage in Medicare
These FAQs review mental health and substance use disorder coverage and cost sharing in Medicare and discuss recent policy changes related to coverage of mental health and substance use disorder treatments.
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The U.S. Has the Lowest Life Expectancy Among Large, Wealthy Countries While Far Outspending Them on Health Care
An updated Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker analysis shows the United States experienced a second year of decline in life expectancy in 2021 while other comparably large, wealthy countries saw a rebound in life expectancy since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019.
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