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Medicaid’s Role for Selected Populations

Apr 12, 2018

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Medicaid_s role for selected populations Download Source NOTE: FPL-- Federal Poverty Level. The U.S. Census Bureau's poverty threshold for a family with two adults and one child was $19,318 in 2016. SOURCES: KFF analysis of 2017 Current Population Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement; Birth data -Implementing Coverage and Payment Initiatives: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2016 and 2017, KFF, October 2016.; Medicare data - Medicare Payment Advisory Commission,…

Spending on opioid addiction and overdose treatment has increased each year in the last decade

Apr 12, 2018

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Source Analysis of Truven MarketScan data, 2016 for Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker

Did reductions in federal outreach for the 2018 ACA Marketplace open enrollment make a difference?

Apr 5, 2018

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Kaiser Health Tracking Poll – March 2018: Non-Group Enrollees

Apr 3, 2018

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This report explores the experiences of individuals who purchase their own insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace. The poll finds marketplace enrollees are worried about the future of health insurance availability and costs in their areas, but most say their premiums have not increased this year and they are satisfied with their insurance options.

ACOs produced relatively small net savings for Medicare relative to benchmarks in 2016

Mar 29, 2018

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Source Kaiser Family Foundation analysis of 2016 CMS Public Use Files for MSSP, Pioneer, and Next Generation ACOs.

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll – March 2018: Views on Prescription Drug Pricing and Medicare-for-all Proposals

Mar 23, 2018

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More than a year into President Trump’s presidency, the March Kaiser Health Tracking Poll gauges the public’s top priorities for the president and Congress to do in the coming months. This month’s poll also measures perceptions on the cost of prescription drugs, attitudes towards policymakers’ actions to address drug prices, and views of pharmaceutical companies. In addition, with the 2018 midterm elections less than 8 months away, the KFF poll asks how important a national…

Republicans in the 18 non-expansion states favor Medicaid but don’t want their state to expand

Mar 22, 2018

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Source KFF Health Tracking Poll (conducted Feb. 15-20, 2018)

The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 increases the discount offered by makers of brand name drugs in the Medicare Part D coverage gap from 50% to 70%

Mar 15, 2018

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Source KFF analysis of Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018

Two dozen states are pursuing or considering conditioning Medicaid eligibility on work-related activities

Mar 8, 2018

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Source KFF tracking of state Section 1115 waiver activity, as of March 8, 2018.

Men are 6 times more likely than women to be involved in a firearms-related death.

Mar 1, 2018

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Source CDC Wonder Data, 2016

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