The Shifting Sands for State Medicaid Programs Lurking in Our Data February 12, 2024 From Drew Altman KFF President and CEO Drew Altman examines the coming squeeze on state budgets and state Medicaid programs, stemming from declining federal matching funds, weakening state revenues, and competing state priorities, and the challenges it poses for states seeking to strengthen their programs and try innovative new approaches.
Mental Health April 27, 2023 Topic Landing Page Explore KFF’s policy research, polling and news about mental health and substance use, including policy initiatives and funding to improve access and quality of services to address the mental health crisis.
Questions I Get About the Standards and Practices for Organizations in an Era of Misinformation and Declining Trust January 29, 2024 From Drew Altman In this column, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman explains the organization’s role in providing independent, authoritative policy analysis, polling and journalism and provides an overview of the standards and practices in place to maintain credibility in an era of declining trust and rampant misinformation.
The Two Health Care Cost Crises January 18, 2024 From Drew Altman In this column, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman explores the nation’s twin health cost crises of affordability, especially for people who are sick and need a lot of health care, and national health spending, and why the solutions often work at cross purposes.
Medicaid Waiver Tracker: Approved and Pending Section 1115 Waivers by State April 23, 2024 Issue Brief This Medicaid waiver tracker page aggregates tracking information on pending and approved Section 1115 Medicaid waivers. It includes resources such as an overview figure, detailed waiver topic tables, and explanatory briefs.
The CBO Report That Didn’t Roar January 4, 2024 From Drew Altman In his latest column, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman discusses a recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)’s payment and delivery demonstrations have cost Medicare money, and what it means for the future of value-based payment.
Family Health Insurance Is No Longer Affordable Through Small Employers November 28, 2023 From Drew Altman In his Beyond the Data column, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman discusses how how family health coverage is no longer affordable for workers at small employers, contributing to the health cost crisis affecting the American people.
Countering Health Misinformation, By the Numbers December 12, 2023 From Drew Altman In this column, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman examines the threat posed by health misinformation and opportunities to combat it by relying on the messengers the public trusts most for health information, which includes doctors and local television news sources.
What are the Implications of the Dobbs Ruling for Racial Disparities? April 24, 2024 Issue Brief This analysis examines the implications of the Dobbs decision and state restrictions on abortion coverage for racial disparities in access to care and health outcomes.
Donor Government Funding for Family Planning in 2022 April 24, 2024 Report This report provides an analysis of donor government funding to address family planning in low- and middle-income countries in 2022, which totaled US$1.35 billion and was a decline of 9% (US$129 million) compared to the 2021 amount (US$1.48 billion). While the decline was due to decreases in funding by most donor governments, a significant share can be attributed to exchange rate fluctuations resulting from the rise in value of the U.S. dollar against most currencies during 2022.