KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor: July 2022 July 26, 2022 Poll Finding In the wake of the FDA’s emergency use authorization for COVID-19 vaccines for children ages 6 months through 4 years old, many parents remain hesitant to vaccinate their children in this age group, with a slight majority saying they view the vaccine as a bigger risk to their child’s health than getting infected with coronavirus.
COVID-19 Vaccination Rates Among Children Under 5 Have Peaked and Are Decreasing Just Weeks Into Their Eligibility July 22, 2022 Issue Brief Children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years of age finally became eligible for COVID-19 vaccination in the U.S. on June 18, after the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended their use for this population, following emergency use authorization granted by the Food and Drug Administration. Here, we examine the status of vaccine uptake in this group, one month into their eligibility.
Karen Diep July 20, 2022 Person Karen Diep is a policy analyst for the Women’s Health Policy team at KFF. Her work focuses on the coverage, access and financial challenges facing women related to the U.S. health care system. She conducts analyses using large data sets to better understand how policy developments affect women’s health at…
ACA’s Maximum Out-of-Pocket Limit Is Growing Faster Than Wages July 20, 2022 Issue Brief This analysis finds that the ACA’s maximum out-of-pocket limit is likely to grow faster than wages and salaries, and is also expected to grow faster than the maximum out-of-pocket limit for Health Savings Account (HSA)-qualified health plans.
July 20 Web Event: Medication Abortion in a Post-Roe v. Wade America July 20, 2022 Event Medication abortion, also known as medical abortion or abortion with pills, has been FDA-approved as safe and effective since 2000 for the termination of pregnancies through the first 10 weeks. Its use in the United States has grown in recently years and now it accounts for just over half of…
Do States with Easier Access to Guns have More Suicide Deaths by Firearm? July 18, 2022 Issue Brief The recent mass shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo have catalyzed discussion around mental health and gun policy. In the same week that the federal Bipartisan Safer Communities Act was signed strengthening background checks for young adults, adding incentives for red flag laws, and reducing access to guns for individuals with a domestic violence history, the Supreme Court struck down New York’s “proper cause” requirement for concealed carry allowances. In this issue brief, we use the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Wonder database and the State Firearm Law Database to examine the association between suicide deaths by firearm and the number of state-level firearm law provisions.
Percent of Total Population that has Received a COVID-19 Vaccine by Race/Ethnicity July 15, 2022 State Indicator
After Roe: Options to Address Medicaid Coverage Policy Related to Maternal and Child Health July 15, 2022 Blog This policy watch examines the intersection of Medicaid coverage policies with state actions to ban abortion.
Latest Data on COVID-19 Vaccinations by Race/Ethnicity July 14, 2022 Issue Brief KFF is collecting and analyzing data on COVID-19 vaccinations by race/ethnicity to gain increased insight who is receiving the vaccine and whether some groups are facing disparities in vaccination.