New Vaccine Requirements, Anti-mRNA Narratives, and Disputed Gender-Affirming Care Report — The Monitor May 22, 2025 Page This volume highlights how new vaccine requirements and the spread of anti-mRNA sentiments are fueling confusion and distrust. It also examines reactions to a federal report on gender-affirming care for minors and investigates how TikTok is being used to promote false health claims through deepfake personas targeting young women.
Mapping Hospital Employment By State May 21, 2025 Issue Brief Changes to Medicaid funding, eligibility and enrollment could impact hospital finances. These interactive 50-state maps show the number of hospital employees by state and how hospital employment ranks among industry subsectors. Hospitals employed 6.7 million people in 2023, and more than 100,000 people in each of 23 states.
Julianne Wong May 21, 2025 Person Julianne Wong is the Accounts Payable Accountant on the Finance and Accounting team at KFF. Previously, she was an Accounts Payable Specialist at Quanta Manufacturing Fremont, where she was responsible for monitoring the outflow of capital for the company. Julianne holds a bachelor’s degree in business economics from the University of California, Irvine.
House Reconciliation Bill Could Trigger $500 Billion in Mandatory Medicare Cuts May 21, 2025 Quick Take The reconciliation bill reported out of the House Budget Committee would increase the deficit compared to current law by at least $2.3 trillion. If enacted into law in its current form, and Congress takes no further action, that increase in the deficit would trigger mandatory cuts, also known as sequestration, under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
