Skepticism Surrounding ADHD Diagnoses and Medication — The Monitor February 13, 2025 Page This volume examines the impact of recent executive actions on federal health communication, along with concerns and stigmas surrounding ADHD diagnoses and treatments, including skepticism about pharmaceutical influence on medication promotion. It also explores distrust in food regulations following the FDA’s ban on Red Dye No. 3.
Eliminating the Medicaid Expansion Federal Match Rate: State-by-State Estimates February 13, 2025 Issue Brief This analysis examines the potential impacts on states and Medicaid enrollees of eliminating the 90% federal match rate for the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expansion. Eliminating the federal match rate for adults in the Medicaid expansion could reduce Medicaid spending by nearly one-fifth ($1.9 trillion) over a 10-year period and up to nearly a quarter of all Medicaid enrollees (20 million people) could lose coverage.
The Mexico City Policy: An Explainer February 12, 2025 Issue Brief Explore an overview of the Mexico City Policy, which, when in effect, requires foreign NGOs to certify that they will not “perform or actively promote abortion as a method of family planning” using funds from any source (including non-U.S. funds) as a condition for receiving U.S. government global health assistance.
Key Facts on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) February 11, 2025 Fact Sheet This brief provides an overview of DACA and who DACA recipients are and provides estimates of health coverage, work status, and income among individuals who meet eligibility criteria for DACA.
KFF Prescription Drug Advertisements Poll: January 2025 February 11, 2025 Poll Finding KFF’s January 2025 Prescription Drug Advertisements Poll looks at the public’s experiences with prescription drug advertisements, whether they’ve talked to a doctor about advertised drugs, and how this has influenced the care they receive.
President Trump’s Executive Order on Gender Affirming Care: Responses by Providers, States, and Litigation February 11, 2025 Blog This Policy Watch reviews the key provisions of President Trump’s Executive Order that aim to restrict youth access to gender affirming care and examines state and legal responses.
State Medicaid Program Coverage of Tobacco Dependence Treatments by Type of Coverage February 10, 2025 State Indicator
The Health Wonk Shop: What’s Next for the Affordable Care Act? February 10, 2025 Event Health coverage enrollment through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces now exceeds 24 million people, a dramatic increase in recent years fueled largely by enhanced premium aid, which started in 2021 as part of the American Rescue Plan Act and extended through 2025 under the Inflation Reduction Act. But, with…
How Much Global Health Funding Goes Through USAID? February 7, 2025 Blog This analysis highlights USAID’s role in global health and shows that the agency provided the vast majority of the nation’s global health assistance for other countries in 2023 (about $6.2 billion or 73% of the total bilateral global health funding that year).