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What Impact Has the Coronavirus Pandemic Had on Health Care Employment?
A new chart collection examines where changes in health care employment have been concentrated amid the coronavirus pandemic, and what these changes might tell us about short-term health spending. Health care employment decreased 9.5% from February through April 2020, as more than 1.5 million healthcare workers lost their jobs. While…
Issue Brief Read MoreNearly 1 in 10 Health Care Workers Lost Their Job Between February and April, But Health Care Employment Rebounded Slightly in May
A new chart collection explores the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the U.S. health care workforce, and finds that between February and April 2020, nearly 1.5 million health care jobs were lost. While more than 300,000 health services jobs were recovered in May 2020, mainly in dental offices, employment in some…
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Status of State Medicaid Expansion Decisions: Interactive Map
This page displays an interactive map of the current status of state decisions on the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion. Additional Medicaid expansion resources are listed (with links) below the map.
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How Could the Price of Remdesivir Impact Medicare Spending for COVID-19 Patients?
This brief discusses how drugs provided in inpatient hospital settings are covered and reimbursed for beneficiaries in traditional Medicare under current law. This is relevant for Medicare spending on COVID-19 patients who receive Gilead’s new antiviral drug remdesivir. We discuss the possible scenarios for hospitals and the Medicare program depending on different pricing levels for the drug.
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The Availability and Use of Medication Abortion
This factsheet provides an overview of medication abortion, with a focus on federal and state regulations pertaining to its provision and coverage, and the role of the drug in self-managed abortions.
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Limits and Opportunities of Federal Reporting on COVID-19 in Nursing Facilities
In response to the widespread concerns about the high numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths in long-term care (LTC) facilities, CMS recently implemented new COVID-19 data reporting requirements for all federally certified nursing facilities. The newly-released federal data builds on state-reported data that has been included in many, but not…
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State Action to Limit Abortion Access During the COVID-19 Pandemic
This data note presents an interactive map that tracks which states have made declarations defining abortions as non-essential or elective health procedures and effectively blocking the provision of abortion services during the outbreak.
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This Week in Coronavirus: June 11 to June 17
Every week KFF recaps the past week in the coronavirus pandemic from our tracking, policy analysis, polling, and journalism. The June 2020 tracking poll finds that while a two-thirds of Americans support the protests against police violence, 56% say they are worried that recent protests may lead to an increase in coronavirus cases in their area.
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The Mexico City Policy: An Explainer
An overview of the Mexico City Policy, which 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 most U.S. government global health assistance.
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How Have Health Care Utilization and Spending Changed So Far During the Coronavirus Pandemic?
A new chart collection summarizes what is known so far about how health costs and utilization have changed during the pandemic. This builds on a previous analysis exploring the potential cost of treating coronavirus hospitalizations, and a brief explaining the factors driving costs higher or lower and particular considerations for…
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