Planned Parenthood Remains in Limbo as Court Reviews Their Request to Block Federal Medicaid Funding Ban July 23, 2025 Quick Take It’s not known when the court will issue an order on Planned Parenthood’s request for a more extensive preliminary injunction. Meanwhile, most Planned Parenthood clinics will not be able to receive federal Medicaid funding for non-abortion services…provided to Medicaid patients.
Newsroom September 20, 2019 Topic Landing Page Virtual Event: How the Trump Administration and Congress Are Reshaping the Affordable Care Act’s MarketplacesCongress and the Trump Administration are considering significant changes to how the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance Marketplaces would work. At the same time, the enhanced tax credits that have made Marketplace coverage more affordable and…
Our Programs June 12, 2024 Page Our Programs KFF has five major program areas: Policy Analysis, Polling, Journalism, Public Health Information Campaigns, and the Health Information and Trust Initiative Policy Analysis Larry Levitt oversees the work of all KFF health policy analysis teams. Affordable Care Act (ACA) Examining changes in the private insurance market under the…
State Profiles for Dual-Eligible Individuals May 20, 2025 Interactive This data collection draws on Medicare and Medicaid administrative data to present national and state-level information on people who are covered by both Medicare and Medicaid, referred to as dual-eligible individuals (also known as dually-enrolled beneficiaries).
Polling on Medical Debt Illustrates the Challenges that Blocked Credit Reporting Rule Sought to Address July 23, 2025 Quick Take The impact of medical debt on credit scores often has a cascading effect….Adults with health care debt from KFF’s Health Care Debt Survey cited a range of negative outcomes from trouble qualifying for loans to homelessness.
Where Americans Saw Information About Tax and Budget Legislation on Social Media, and False Measles Narratives Target Immigrants — The Monitor July 24, 2025 Page This volume shares findings from KFF’s latest poll on how the public encountered information about the recently passed tax and budget legislation; misleading narratives blaming undocumented immigrants for the current measles outbreak; misrepresentations of vaccine safety systems; claims that climate change isn’t real following deadly Texas flooding; and confusion around statins for preventing heart disease.
A Continuing Saga: Ending Abortion Restrictions in States with Constitutional Protections July 23, 2025 Blog This policy watch provides an update on the status of abortion restrictions in states that passed a constitutional amendment protecting abortion, or where a state court previously interpreted the state constitution as protecting abortion access.
KFF Health Tracking Poll: ACA Enhanced Subsidies June 18, 2025 Poll Finding KFF’s Health Tracking Poll looks at public awareness and support for ACA Marketplace subsidies and finds that most adults are unaware the subsidies are set to expire soon. Three in four say Congress should extend the subsidies and support persists despite hearing counter arguments.
Most People in the Most Rural Counties Get Medicare Coverage from Traditional Medicare April 10, 2025 Issue Brief While enrollment in Medicare Advantage, the private plan alternative to traditional Medicare, has grown steadily over the past decade, traditional Medicare remains the most common source of coverage for people who live in rural areas.
Higher and Faster Growing Spending Per Medicare Advantage Enrollee Adds to Medicare’s Solvency and Affordability Challenges August 17, 2021 Issue Brief This analysis finds that Medicare spending for Medicare Advantage enrollees was $321 higher per person in 2019 than if enrollees had instead been coverage by traditional Medicare, leading to an estimated $7 billion in additional spending in 2019. It also examines the implications of expected growth in Medicare Advantage enrollment and payments per enrollee from 2021 to 2029.
