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Despite [Republicans’] victories, there are signs in the polling that voters are not necessarily aligned with some of the policies Republicans may pursue when it comes to health care.
During his winning 2024 campaign, President-elect Trump made conflicting statements about the future of Obamacare, though his record during his first term suggests that big changes could be in store.
This election is a choice in health between aggressive incrementalism and a sharp right-hand turn in federal policy and spending, but ... no one should doubt the capacity of our system and institutions to thwart dramatic change in any direction.
There is still much to be learned from polls about the mood of the electorate and people’s views on health care and other issues
The Biden administration just proposed a new regulation intended to expand contraceptive coverage and make it easier for women to get their preferred contraceptive covered.
Listening to Trump’s comments about the ACA during the current campaign is almost like a Rorschach Test – you can interpret what he says in almost any way you want to.
Recently courts in North Dakota and Georgia overturned the states’ abortion bans. The impact of these reversals, however, may be short lived, as is the case in Georgia.
Despite claims that immigrants are accessing and draining public benefits, less than 1% of Medicaid’s budget is spent on hospital emergency care for noncitizen immigrants.
The number of family planning clients served by the federal Title X program has not yet recovered from the 2019 Trump Administration regulations that resulted in a mass exodus of sites.
Vance’s debate comment likely refers to state reinsurance waivers, largely approved by the Trump Administration. These waivers aimed to lower unsubsidized premiums by offsetting insurer costs for very sick enrollees.
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