This Week in Coronavirus: April 17 to April 24
Every Friday we’ll recap our new coronavirus policy analysis, polling, and updates from the past week.
Search
-
-
Medicaid Maintenance of Eligibility (MOE) Requirements: Issues to Watch
Issue BriefFederal legislation provides a temporary increase in federal Medicaid matching rates to states conditioned on states providing continuous eligibility for existing enrollees and meeting certain other eligibility requirements. This brief provides an overview of these maintenance of eligibility (MOE) requirements, examines what happens when the MOE expires, and discusses key issues to consider looking ahead.
-
The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act: Summary of Key Health Provisions
Issue BriefThis summary of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act highlights and summarizes health-related provisions focused on the COVID-19 outbreak in the United States and support for the global response.
-
Donor Funding for the Global Novel Coronavirus Response
Issue BriefThis data note provides an accounting of publicly-available information on donor funding to date for the global coronavirus (COVID-19) response.
-
The Current Ebola Outbreak and the U.S. Role: An Explainer
Issue BriefAn outbreak of Ebola is currently ongoing in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), now the second largest Ebola epidemic ever recorded. This Issue Brief gives an overview of the current situation, explains the U.S. role in responding to the outbreak, and answers key questions about the broader global response.
-
What We Can Learn from HIV in Communicating about COVID-19
Policy WatchAs we navigate how to communicate about COVID-19 and the urgent public health issues it brings, there is much that can be learned in looking at HIV messaging and how it has evolved. This blog discusses some of our observations from KFF’s more than two decades of experience running large-scale public information campaigns about HIV and other communicable diseases that have bearing in this new environment.
-
White House Releases FY21 Budget Request
Fact SheetThe White House released its FY 2021 budget request to Congress on February 10, 2020, which includes significant cuts to global health programs compared to the FY 2020 enacted levels. In addition, in some cases, these cuts are steeper than those proposed by the Administration in last year’s request. The FY 2021 budget request includes funding for U.S. global health programs at the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the Centers for…
-
KFF Coronavirus Poll: March 2020
FeatureFielded from March 11-15, this KFF Coronavirus poll provides a snapshot of the public’s experience, knowledge and views about the coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, during the rapidly unfolding crisis. A majority of Americans say they are taking precautions to protect themselves by the novel coronavirus pandemic but the public worries about the health and economic consequences as the situation evolves in the coming months.
-
Litigation Challenging Mandatory Stay at Home and Other Social Distancing Measures
Issue BriefThis issue brief explains the legal basis for stay at home orders and provides an overview of current legal challenges filed in state and federal courts.
-
Medicaid Enrollment & Spending Growth: FY 2020 & 2021
Issue BriefThis brief analyzes Medicaid enrollment and spending trends for FY 2020 and FY 2021 based on data provided by state Medicaid directors as part of the 20th annual survey of Medicaid directors in states across the country and the District of Columbia. After relatively flat enrollment growth in FY 2020, states responding to the survey expect Medicaid enrollment to jump in FY 2021, attributed to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act “maintenance of eligibility” (MOE)…