How Might Federal Medicaid Cuts in the Senate-Passed Reconciliation Bill Affect Rural Areas? July 2, 2025 Blog Under the Senate-passed reconciliation bill, federal Medicaid spending in rural areas is estimated to decline by $155 billion, more than in the House-passed bill, and far more than the $50 billion appropriated for the rural health fund.
Allocating CBO’s Estimates of Federal Medicaid Spending Reductions Across the States: Senate Reconciliation Bill July 1, 2025 Issue Brief This analysis allocates the CBO’s estimated reduction in federal spending in the Senate reconciliation bill across states based on KFF’s state-level data and where possible, prior modeling work; and shows the federal spending reductions relative to KFF’s projections of federal spending by state under current law.
We’ve Never Seen Health Care Cuts This Big July 1, 2025 Perspective In this July 1 column for The New York Times Opinion section, KFF Executive Vice President for Health Policy Larry Levitt explains how the budget reconciliation bill passed by the Senate on July 1 is effectively a partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and, if signed into law,…
Medicaid Waiver Tracker: Approved and Pending Section 1115 Waivers by State July 1, 2025 Issue Brief Section 1115 Medicaid waivers can allow states to test new approaches in Medicaid that differ from what is required by federal law. This page tracks approved and pending waiver provisions (including expansions and restrictions) related to eligibility, benefits, and social determinants of health and other delivery system reforms.
About 17 Million More People Could be Uninsured due to the Big Beautiful Bill and other Policy Changes July 1, 2025 Quick Take In total, due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and other policy changes, the number of people without health insurance is expected to increase by about 17 million. If all of this comes to pass, it would represent the biggest roll back of health insurance coverage ever due to federal policy changes.
10 Key Data Points About the Experiences of LGBT+ Women and Their Access to Care June 30, 2025 Issue Brief This brief presents key data points on the health care experiences of LGBT+ women from the KFF Women’s Health Survey, a nationally representative survey of women in the United States conducted from May 13 – June 18, 2024.
The Trump Administration’s Foreign Aid Review: Status of U.S. Support for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance June 30, 2025 Fact Sheet Fact sheet examining actions taken by the Trump administration and their impact on Gavi.
Actual Tobacco Settlement Payments Received by the States (in millions) June 30, 2025 State Indicator
