In his latest column, President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman shows how spiking premiums, which may come if the enhanced ACA tax credits are not extended, will hit people in the context of their family budgets, alongside rising costs for food, housing and utilities. For some families, their new health care costs could far exceed what they pay for food, affecting their economic security and potentially their vote.

This poll comes as the Trump administration revamps federal policies, and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to question the childhood vaccine schedule. The KFF-Washington Post Survey of Parents reveals large majorities of parents view long-standing childhood vaccines such as the ones to prevent measles, mumps, and rubella and polio as safe and important, but are less confident in seasonal vaccines for flu and especially COVID-19. Read the News Release →

This brief describes five key takeaways from CMS’s Notice of Funding Opportunity for the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program, including information about how CMS intends to review state applications and distribute funds and ongoing questions about the impact on rural hospitals, the distribution of funds across rural hospitals and states, and issues related to oversight and transparency.