DMPA Contraceptive Injection: Use and Coverage
This factsheet provides an overview of the types of contraceptive injection, use, awareness, availability, and insurance coverage of the injection in the U.S.
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How Community Health Centers Are Serving Low-Income Communities During the COVID-19 Pandemic Amid New and Continuing Challenges
Issue BriefCommunity health centers are a national network of safety-net primary care providers serving low-income, medically underserved communities. Based on findings from a national survey of health centers, this brief examines how the pandemic has affected health center patients and services as well as the ongoing challenges health centers and their patients face.
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How Might Current Federal Drug Pricing Proposals Impact Medicaid?
Policy WatchAlthough attention in current federal actions is largely focused on Medicare and private insurance drug prices, federal legislation also has been recently introduced or enacted that would affect Medicaid prescription drug policy.
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How Would Drug Price Negotiation Affect Medicare Part D Premiums?
Issue BriefProposals to allow the federal government to negotiate prescription drug prices, such as H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, aim to lower out-of-pocket drug costs for Medicare beneficiaries and private plan enrollees and achieve savings for Medicare. This data note estimates average premium savings attributable to the negotiations provision of H.R. 3 on a per capita basis for Part D enrollees who pay premiums in dollar amounts and as a…
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Family Planning Services for Low-Income Women: The Role of Public Programs
Issue BriefThis brief explains the major sources of public financing for family planning care, related policies, and their role financing services for low-income women.
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Monthly Part B Premiums and Annual Percentage Increases
FeatureThe $21.60 increase in 2022 is the largest in dollar terms since the start of the program, even though premiums have risen faster in percentage terms on three other occasions in the last 20 years
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Potential Implications of Policy Changes in Medicaid Drug Purchasing
Issue BriefThis brief examines how leading federal and state policy options related to changes in Medicaid Drug Rebate Program (MDRP), drug pricing, and payment and management of the Medicaid prescription drug would affect state and federal governments as well as private industry (including drug manufacturers, managed care organizations, and pharmacies).
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Uninsured Most Likely to Delay or Go Without Care or Prescription Drugs Due to Cost
FeatureMany uninsured people do not obtain the treatments their health care providers recommend for them because of the cost of care. In 2018, uninsured nonelderly adults were more than three times as likely as adults with private coverage to say that they postponed or did not get a needed prescription drug due to cost.
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Recent Trends in Mental Health and Substance Use Concerns Among Adolescents
Issue BriefAbout 1 in 5 adolescents report symptoms of anxiety or depression, according to a KFF analysis of a new federal survey of teen health. The data comes at a time of heightened concern about adolescent mental health and substance use, particularly in light of gun violence and rising drug overdose deaths among young people. This brief explores the state of adolescent mental health in recent years.
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What to Know Ahead of the Supreme Court Case on Youth Access to Gender Affirming Care
Issue BriefThis brief provides background on gender affirming care and state bans, explains the legal challenge to the Tennessee law, and explores the potential Supreme Court ruling and impact on access across the country.