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Drew Altman: Untold KFF History Volume 1: South Africa

As KFF approaches a leadership transition next year, Founding President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman will share a series of occasional columns about key moments in the organization’s 37-year history. The first in the series recalls KFF’s decades-long commitment to South Africa during and after apartheid. Dr. Altman will continue his regular columns about health policy. “The greatest privilege of my life was to be able to work with Nelson Mandela, and I sometimes wonder what he would make of today’s state of affairs here and in South Africa,” he writes.

medicaid

Medicaid Program Integrity: Tracking State-Specific and Nationwide Federal Action

Federal Medicaid Spending Through State Directed Payments Nears $100 Billion Annually Across 41 States, With New Limits Set to Reduce Funding to States

The Medical Frailty Exemption from Medicaid Work Requirements: Key Takeaways from the CMS Interim Final Rule

Mapping the High Unemployment Hardship Exception to Medicaid Work Requirements

Health Information and Trust

Poll: Public Uses Social Media for Health to Understand Others’ Experiences, Get Immediate Information

This poll finds that about 3 in 10 adults turn to social media for health information and advice at least monthly. Community connection and the need for immediate answers are the top reasons why people are turning to these tools. Slim majorities of those who use social media for health are confident they can tell what is true, and relatively few take steps to check the information they receive.

Health Information and Trust Polling Dashboard

Drawing on KFF’s poll findings, this interactive dashboard tracks the public’s trusted sources for health information, attitudes toward vaccines, and use of news, social media, and AI for health-related information. It provides visual representations of the key trends in the public’s trust in health information and tracks exposure to and belief in false and unproven health claims.