5 Key Facts About Medicaid Coverage for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD)
Among the estimated 8 million people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD), over three million have Medicaid coverage.
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Medicaid’s Home Care Support for Family Caregivers in 2025
Issue BriefMedicaid home care programs offer various supports to family caregivers such as paid caregiving, self-directed services, respite care, and caregiver training. This issue brief describes the availability of self-directed services and supports for family caregivers in Medicaid home care in 2025, before most provisions in the reconciliation law take effect.
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Our Darwinian Approach to Health Care Costs
From Drew AltmanIn his latest column, President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman presents his Venn diagram of health care cost problems and shows how, in our fragmented health system, reducing one health cost problem often makes another worse.
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Navigating the Maze: A Look at Patient Cost-Sharing Complexities and Consumer Protections
Issue BriefThis brief focuses on consumers’ understanding of health insurance costs and examines existing federal protections that seek to address barriers to understanding the cost of coverage and care, such as price transparency, self-service price estimator tools, and simplifying cost-sharing designs.
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A View of Medicaid Today and a Look Ahead: Balancing Access, Budgets and Upcoming Changes
ReportThis report highlights key policy priorities and issues state Medicaid programs focused on in FY 2025 and are prioritizing in FY 2026.
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An Early Look at Policy Decisions as States Get Ready to Implement Work Requirements
Issue BriefThis issue brief presents findings on policy decisions related to implementation of Medicaid work requirements. The findings draw on information from the annual survey of state Medicaid and CHIP program officials conducted by KFF and the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families for the 43 states (including DC) that will be required to implement work requirements and from focus groups with officials in eight states: Arizona, Indiana, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington.
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Key Facts About Health Care Affordability for People With Medicare
Issue BriefThis brief presents key facts and analysis about affordability of health care costs among people with Medicare, including younger adults with long-term disabilities, drawing on data from various sources.
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Fake AI-Generated Videos Perpetuate Stereotypes About SNAP Recipients, And New KFF Poll Looks at Belief in the False Claim That Undocumented Immigrants Are Eligible for ACA Coverage — The Monitor
FeatureThis volume examines how AI-generated videos contributed to false narratives about SNAP recipients; findings from KFF’s Health Tracking Poll on beliefs about undocumented immigrants’ ACA eligibility; how a new film amplifies false vaccine claims; Louisiana’s delayed whooping cough response; medical education efforts to address shame; and teens’ distrust of news media.
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How Many Uninsured Are in the Coverage Gap and How Many Could be Eligible if All States Adopted the Medicaid Expansion?
Issue BriefThis analysis estimates that 1.2 million uninsured individuals in the ten states without Medicaid expansion, including many working adults, people of color, and those with disabilities, remain in the "coverage gap," ineligible for Medicaid or for tax credits that would make coverage affordable through the Affordable Care Act's Marketplaces.
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Recent Changes to Temporary Protected Status Designations: Potential Impacts on Health and Health Care
Issue BriefThis brief provides an overview of the TPS program, recent changes to TPS designations announced by the Trump administration, and potential implications of loss of TPS for individuals on health and health care.