Recent Efforts to Extend Medicaid Postpartum Coverage and What to Watch Looking Ahead
This policy watch examines recent state and federal efforts to extend postpartum Medicaid coverage beyond 60 days.
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Universal Paid Family and Medical Leave Under Consideration in Congress
Policy WatchThe House of Representatives is considering a provision of the Build Back Better Act that would create a universal paid family and medical leave program. This post takes a look at this proposal, key policy questions, and what it could mean for women and families.
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COVID-19 Deaths Among Older Adults During the Delta Surge Were Higher in States with Lower Vaccination Rates
Policy WatchThis analysis looks at the relationship between vaccination rates and COVID-19 deaths for adults 65 and older since the Delta variant took hold, and finds that states with lower vaccination rates among adults ages 65 and older had higher death rates among older adults during this period.
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How Marketplace Costs and Premiums will Change if Rescue Plan Subsidies Expire
Policy WatchIn this Policy Watch we explore the potential impact of the expiration of the American Rescue Plan Act’s enhanced financial help and new eligibility for the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance Marketplace federal subsidies. While the COVID-19 relief legislation passed earlier this year provides greater subsidy assistance through 2022, Democrats in Congress are currently considering making the temporary federal help permanent or extending it as part of their planned budget reconciliation legislation.
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The Red/Blue Divide in COVID-19 Vaccination Rates
Policy WatchThis post examines a growing COVID-19 vaccine gap in Red and Blue America, with the share of the population that have been fully vaccinated in counties that voted for President Biden in 2020 increasing more rapidly than the share in counties that voted for President Trump.
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Substance Use Issues Are Worsening Alongside Access to Care
Policy WatchDrug overdose deaths rose during the early part of the COVID-19 pandemic, with some of the biggest jumps occurring among people of color. This analysis breaks out drug overdose deaths by race and ethnicity for the first nine months of 2020, to the same period in each of the two prior years. It also looks at access to care issues and recent and pending legislation aimed at addressing the nation’s substance use and mental health…
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COVID-19 Vaccine Breakthrough Cases: Data from the States
Policy WatchWe reviewed the websites and other official state sources for all 50 states and D.C. to see which are providing data on COVID-19 breakthrough cases, hospitalizations and deaths, how regularly, and what those data may tell us.
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The Next Stage of COVID-19 Vaccine Roll-Out in United States: Children Under 12
Policy WatchAnalysis of characteristics of children under 12 in the U.S. to help inform COVID-19 vaccination efforts when they become eligible.
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The Status of Medicaid Expansion in Missouri and Implications for Coverage and Cost
Policy WatchOn June 23, 2021, a circuit court decision in Missouri put the state’s expansion of Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in limbo. This decision, if upheld, has implications for coverage in the state as well as the availability of federal financing to cover the cost.
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Medication Abortion and Telemedicine: Innovations and Barriers During the COVID-19 Emergency
Policy WatchThis post looks at a new contactless method of providing medication abortions and now this can be and has been used in response to the pandemic. The post also examines state policies that act as barriers to implementing these new protocols.