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  • Medicaid Programs in 13 States Covered GLP-1s for Obesity as of January 2026

    Medicaid Coverage of and Spending on GLP-1s

    Issue Brief

    This brief discusses the current landscape of Medicaid GLP-1 coverage and examines recent trends in Medicaid prescriptions and gross spending on GLP-1s.

  • Bar chart shows the number of states, including DC, offering Medicaid home care through various federal programs in 2025.

    Medicaid Home Care (HCBS) in 2025

    Issue Brief

    This issue brief provides an overview of what Medicaid home care (also known as “home- and community-based services” or HCBS) is, who is covered, and what services were available in 2025.

  • number of responding states, including DC, that allow payments for family caregivers by type of home care program and type of caregiver.

    Medicaid’s Home Care Support for Family Caregivers in 2025

    Issue Brief

    Medicaid home care programs offer various supports to family caregivers such as paid caregiving, self-directed services, respite care, and caregiver training. This issue brief describes the availability of self-directed services and supports for family caregivers in Medicaid home care in 2025, before most provisions in the reconciliation law take effect.

  • Payment Rates for Medicaid Home Care Ahead of the 2025 Reconciliation Law

    Issue Brief

    Increased payment rates for Medicaid home care workers are states’ key approach to addressing workforce shortages. This issue brief describes Medicaid payment rates for home care and other workforce supports that are in place in 2025, before the majority of the 2025 reconciliation law provisions start taking effect.

  • There Were 14,742 Certified Nursing Facilities in the U.S. in 2025

    A Look at Nursing Facility Characteristics in 2025

    Issue Brief

    This data note discusses the impact of the 2025 reconciliation law on nursing facilities and examines the characteristics of nursing facilities and the people living in them with data from Nursing Home Compare, a publicly available dataset.

  • Potential “Chilling Effects” of Public Charge and Other Immigration Policies on Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment

    Issue Brief

    This issue brief reviews the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) proposed rule that would rescind 2022 Biden-era public charge determination regulations. The proposed public charge changes along with other Trump administration policy changes will likely lead to decreased participation in public programs, including Medicaid, among a broad group of immigrant families, including citizen children in those families.

  • 5 Key Facts About Medicaid and Provider Taxes

    Issue Brief

    This issue brief uses data from KFF’s 2025-2026 survey of Medicaid directors to describe states’ current provider taxes, explore how the 2025 reconciliation law changed the federal rules governing provider taxes, and summarize potential impacts of the changes across states.