Domestic HIV Funding in the White House FY 2025 Budget Request
This data note provides details on the FY25 request for domestic HIV programs and comparisons to the FY23 enacted level, where possible.
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FAQs on Prescription Drug Importation
Issue BriefThese FAQs address questions related to prescription drug importation, including the current status of importation proposals, details of Florida’s importation program recently authorized by the FDA, and concerns and challenges with this approach.
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Charges for Emails with Doctors and other Healthcare Providers
Issue BriefPatient-provider email messaging accelerated early in the COVID-19 pandemic as more patients sought medical care remotely, and the addition of billing codes for digital health services and subsequent changes in insurers’ payment policies have enabled providers to bill insurers and patients for messaging.
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Section 1115 Medicaid Waiver Watch: A Closer Look at Recent Approvals to Address Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN)
Issue BriefThis issue brief provides an overview of how Section 1115 waivers have been used to address the health-related social needs of enrollees, including a summary of recent approvals for eight states.
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Coverage of Abortion in Large Employer-Sponsored Plans in 2023
Issue BriefThis brief presents findings from the 2023 KFF Employer Health Benefits Survey on coverage of abortion services in large employer-sponsored health plans, changes employers made to abortion coverage since the 2022 Supreme Court ruling, and employers’ provision of financial assistance for travel out of state to obtain an abortion.
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Medical Advancements and Technologies
Issue BriefThis brief provides an overview of diversity in clinical trials, disparities in access to novel drug therapies and other treatments, and the implications for health and health care.
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How Present-Day Health Disparities for Black People Are Linked to Past Policies and Events
Issue BriefThis brief examines how past policies and events are linked to present-day disparities among Black people in health and health care.
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Abortions Later in Pregnancy in a Post-Dobbs Era
Issue BriefThis brief explains why individuals may seek abortions later in pregnancy, how often these procedures occur, and the various laws which regulate access to abortions later in pregnancy across the country.
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Few Nursing Facility Residents and Staff Have Received the Latest COVID-19 Vaccine
Issue BriefKFF analysis found that over one-fifth of all U.S. COVID-19 deaths occurred in long-term care facilities despite but as of January 14th, 2024, only 38% of residents and 15% of staff were “up-to-date” with their COVID-19 vaccines, which the CDC defines as having received the updated Fall 2023 vaccine. Those rates are lower than uptake was for the 2022 vaccine.
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How Financially Vulnerable are People with Medical Debt?
Issue BriefThis analysis of government data finds that people with medical debt are much more likely to have other forms of financial distress than those without medical debt, like having no “rainy day” fund, overdrawing a checking account, or relying on costly loans.