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David Hilzenrath, senior correspondent and a veteran of The Washington Post, joined the staff in 2022. At KFF Health News, he was lead author of coverage that exposed a crisis in the Social Security system, spurred sweeping policy changes, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Public Service.…

This Health Policy 101 chapter explores employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI), the primary health coverage source for non-elderly residents in the U.S. In addition to detailing ESI requirements and incentives, structure, availability, and costs, the chapter examines ongoing challenges related to affordability and access to care for those with ESI coverage.

This Health Policy 101 chapter explores why polls and surveys are essential for understanding health policy issues and aims to teach you how to evaluate polls effectively. It covers the importance of polls in policy analysis, key considerations for interpretation, polling methodologies, and questions to assess the usefulness of polls. The chapter concludes with real-world examples demonstrating how polling informs policy debates.

This Health Policy 101 chapter explores how health policy in the U.S. is linked to politics, with the direction of policy influenced by who is in power. Health care is often a major issue in political campaigns, and the chapter examines its potential role in the 2024 election, comparing the positions and records of current vice president Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.

The CBO letter confirms early expectations, finding that over the next 10 years, 93% of non-Medicare spending in the E&C [House Energy & Commerce Committee] jurisdiction is from the federal share of Medicaid spending…Even if E&C eliminated all non-Medicaid and CHIP spending, the committee would need to cut federal spending on Medicaid and CHIP by well over $700 billion, nearly 10% of projected spending.

Jennifer Tolbert is the deputy director of the Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the director of State Health Policy and Data. She directs research and policy analysis on Medicaid eligibility and enrollment policies and access to and affordability of coverage for low-income populations, including people who are uninsured.…

Sammy Cervantes is a senior policy analyst with KFF’s Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured and State Health Policy and Data. Prior to KFF, Cervantes worked as a data and policy analyst at Every Texan, where he advocated for state tax credits to support low-income families, and worked to advance…

This factsheet provides an overview of medication abortion, with a focus on federal and state regulations pertaining to its provision and coverage, and the role of the drug in self-managed abortions.