Medicaid Expenditures as a Percent of Total State Expenditures by Fund January 26, 2024 State Indicator
8 Questions & Answers about Puerto Rico September 26, 2016 Fact Sheet These slides provide a quick snapshot of Puerto Rico’s population, as well as current and upcoming issues that are impacting the island’s health care system.
8 Preguntas & Respuestas sobre Puerto Rico June 17, 2016 Fact Sheet La crisis de $73 mil millones de Puerto Rico ha sido tema de los medios de comunicación nacionales, y de debate en el Congreso en los últimos meses. Además, varios de los principales medios de prensa han reportado sobre una inminente crisis de la atención de salud relacionada con cuestiones…
On Health Care Issues, Voters Give Hillary Clinton a Substantial Edge Over Donald Trump July 15, 2016 News Release Most Americans Worry about Large Number of Zika Cases in U.S. Over Next Year While the public tilts narrowly toward unfavorable views of the Affordable Care Act, presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton holds a clear advantage on health care issues over presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump as the 2016 national…
Visualizing Health Policy: Barriers to Care Experienced by Women in the United States June 11, 2019 News Release This Visualizing Health Policy infographic looks at barriers to care experienced by women in the United States. Women incur greater health care costs than men, particularly during the reproductive years. Despite a lower uninsured rate than men (11% vs 14%), women are more likely to skip a recommended medical test…
An Examination of Surprise Medical Bills and Proposals to Protect Consumers from Them June 20, 2019 Issue Brief This analysis examines how often patients get hit with surprise medical bills, what circumstances tend to give rise to them and what proposals are being considered to protect consumers from this problem.
About 1 in 6 Emergency Visits and Hospital Stays Had At Least One Out-of-Network Charge in 2017 June 20, 2019 News Release In roughly 1 of every 6 emergency room visits and inpatient hospital stays in 2017, patients came home with at least one out-of-network medical bill, a new KFF analysis finds. More specifically, 18 percent of all emergency visits and 16 percent of in-network hospital stays had at least one out-of-network…