How Much is Health Spending Expected to Grow?
This chart collection explores how health spending is expected to grow in coming years, with a look at growth in prescription drug spending, out-of-pocket spending, and related trends.
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Implementation Dates for 2025 Budget Reconciliation Law
FeatureThis searchable timeline shows the implementation dates for the health care provisions included in the 2025 federal budget reconciliation law, previously known as "One Big Beautiful Bill Act." It includes provisions related to Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).
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KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: COVID-19 Vaccine Update
FeatureAs federal vaccine policy changes, this poll finds that most adults do not expect to get a COVID-19 vaccine this fall , and many parents are confused and uncertain about whether the vaccine is recommended for healthy children this year. About one in five adults nationally say the changes to vaccine policy are making people safer, while more than a third say they are making people less safe.
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KFF Health Tracking Poll: Public Finds Prior Authorization Process Difficult to Manage
FeatureFollowing a pledge by insurance companies to reduce the burden of prior authorizations, KFF's Health Tracking Poll examines the publics experience with the process. The poll finds that most view insurers' delays and denials as a problem, and few are aware of the newly announced pledge.
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Where Americans Saw Information About Tax and Budget Legislation on Social Media, and False Measles Narratives Target Immigrants — The Monitor
FeatureThis volume shares findings from KFF’s latest poll on how the public encountered information about the recently passed tax and budget legislation; misleading narratives blaming undocumented immigrants for the current measles outbreak; misrepresentations of vaccine safety systems; claims that climate change isn’t real following deadly Texas flooding; and confusion around statins for preventing heart disease.
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KFF Health Tracking Poll: Public Views on Recent Tax and Budget Legislation
FeatureKFF's Health Tracking Poll looks at awareness and perceived impact of the tax and budget law signed by Trump in July 2025. Nearly half of the public says that they expect the new law to generally hurt them and their families, about twice the share who say it will generally help. The law itself remains largely unpopular, with many more people holding unfavorable views than favorable ones.
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States Expand Access to Ivermectin as Cancer Myths Continue, and Abortion Pill Faces False Water Supply Claim — The Monitor
FeatureThis volume examines unsupported claims about ivermectin; the promotion of unproven “detox” supplements in response to falsehoods about the spike protein from the COVID-19 virus and vaccine; the unsubstantiated claim that byproducts from medication abortion pills contaminate the water supply; and the renewed debate over ADHD diagnoses and treatments.
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Tracking the Medicaid Provisions in the 2025 Reconciliation Bill
FeatureKFF is tracking the Medicaid provisions in the 2025 federal budget bill, including new Medicaid work and verification requirements and a reduction in the expansion match rate for states that use their own funds to cover undocumented immigrants.
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Tracking the Health Savings Accounts Provisions in the 2025 Budget Bill
FeatureHealth Provisions in the 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation Bill Medicaid The Affordable Care Act Medicare Health Savings Accounts Updated: July 8, 2025…
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Tracking the Affordable Care Act Provisions in the 2025 Reconciliation Bill
FeatureHealth Provisions in the 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation Bill Medicaid The Affordable Care Act Medicare Health Savings Accounts Updated: July 8, 2025…