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Recent trends in healthcare utilization and spending suggest that most spending on health services exceeds pre-pandemic levels and health costs are growing at a faster rate than in recent years. However, utilization of care has been uneven by setting and market.

This topic page houses KFF resources that are relevant to policy debates in the 2024 elections, including those about abortion, the Affordable Care Act, and Medicare.

It is worth a refresher on how the ACA protects people with pre-existing conditions. It’s also worth asking whether and how an alternative would do the same.

Medicaid Enrollment, Monthly Medicaid Enrollment, total Medicaid enrollment

Explore KFF’s policy research, polling and news on health policies that shape women’s access to care and health insurance coverage, including tracking state-level laws on Abortion and contraceptive care services.

Favorable public opinion about the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is at its high point according to KFF polling. With other policy issues getting voters’ attention, it’s not surprising the law’s future doesn’t rank highly as a voter concern. However, the law has been the topic of presidential campaign rhetoric, especially…

Create a custom report compiling data across health topics for a single state or multiple states. See a sample report on reported legal abortions by states and age group

Explore KFF’s policy research, polling and news on changes to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), efforts to address drug costs, and other debates about reforming federal and state health insurance programs

Lynne Cotter is a senior health policy research manager for the Program on the ACA and works on the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker, monitoring healthcare costs over time.Prior to joining KFF, she worked as a research scientist at the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, analyzing health care trends and innovating…