Overview of Data on Race/Ethnicity of COVID-19 Booster Shot Recipients
This data note reviews data currently available at the federal and state level on race/ethnicity of booster shot recipients of COVID-19 vaccines.
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Advancing Health Equity Requires More and Better Data
Policy WatchIncreasing availability of high-quality comprehensive data disaggregated by race/ethnicity is a prerequisite for efforts to advance health equity, not only related to COVID-19 but in health and health care more broadly.
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Community Health Centers Have Experienced Increased Demand for Social Services During the Pandemic and Have Added Capacity for Mental Health
News ReleaseCommunity health centers have seen a rise in patients seeking non-medical services such as housing, food, nutrition, and transportation during the pandemic and have added new mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) services in response to growing need, according to a new KFF survey.
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The Intersection of Medicaid, Special Education Service Delivery, and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Issue BriefThe COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented health and education challenges for children with disabilities, many of whom receive special education services. Many children receiving special education services have substantial health care needs, and services available through a child’s health insurance plan, such as Medicaid, can complement special education services. This brief explains how Medicaid and special education services intersect, explores the pandemic’s implications for children receiving special education services, and identifies key issues to watch moving forward.
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Funding for Health Care Providers During the Pandemic: An Update
Issue BriefThis brief describes the main sources of federal funding for hospitals and other health care providers during the pandemic, including how those funds have been allocated.
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Unvaccinated Adults are Now More Than Three Times as Likely to Lean Republican than Democratic
News ReleaseA new KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor analysis finds that Republicans and Republican leaning independents, who represent 41% of adults, now make up 60% of the adult unvaccinated population across the country and that political partisanship is a stronger predictor of whether someone is vaccinated than any demographic factor measured.
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Unvaccinated COVID patients cost the U.S. health system billions of dollars
Issue BriefThis updated analysis for the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker estimates that the preventable costs of treating unvaccinated patients in hospitals total $13.8 billion during the six-month period from June through November when the delta variant led to a surge in admissions.
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How Equitable is Access to COVID-19 Treatments?
Issue BriefThis issue brief assesses the availability of oral antiviral treatments by county and certain county characteristics, including metro vs. non-metro status, poverty rate, and majority Black, Hispanic, or American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN).
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Implications for Ending the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
PageImplications for Ending the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency The end of the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE) will have numerous implications for the many policies that were temporarily waived or modified to help respond to the pandemic.
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The Challenge of Reaching the Unvaccinated
FeatureAcross eight news sources tested, fewer than a third of unvaccinated adults trust any of them for information on COVID-19.