The Health Wonk Shop: Understanding Fraud and Abuse in Medicaid April 24, 2025 Event As Congress considers ways to help pay for extending tax cuts, some lawmakers have suggested that hundreds of billions of dollars in federal savings could be achieved by addressing fraud, waste and abuse in the Medicaid program. They often cite data about improper payments in Medicaid, which accounted for 5.1…
Public Perception of Measles Vaccines and Unsubstantiated Treatment Claims — The Monitor April 24, 2025 Page This Monitor highlights April KFF Tracking Poll findings on perceptions about measles and explores the unsubstantiated promotion of budesonide and clarithromycin as treatments. It also covers misrepresentations of syringe programs and how prompting strategies can boost the accuracy of AI chatbots on health questions.
Future Reform of PEPFAR: Exploring the Use of a Graduation Policy April 23, 2025 Issue Brief To inform future directions for PEPFAR and other U.S. global health programs, this policy brief reviews the graduation policies of several institutions to identify options for consideration.
Overview of President Trump’s Executive Actions on Global Health April 23, 2025 Fact Sheet This guide provides an overview of executive orders and other executive actions made by the Trump Administration since January 21, 2025 that directly address or affect U.S. global health efforts. This resource identifies each executive action, describes its purpose and actions taken, and outlines the implications and what happens next for each. The resource will be updated as needed.
U.S. Foreign Aid Freeze & Dissolution of USAID: Timeline of Events April 23, 2025 Page This timeline provides a detailed overview of actions, including counter-actions, related to the administration’s efforts to freeze all U.S. foreign aid and dissolve the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
What Does the Future Hold for the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative (EHE)? April 23, 2025 Blog This analysis examines what the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) initiative has done to date and what its future might look like under the second Trump administration.
Stand-Alone Drug Plans Cover a Larger Share of Medicare Part D Enrollees Living in the Most Rural Areas Than Medicare Advantage Plans April 23, 2025 Issue Brief To understand the role of Medicare Part D stand-alone prescription drug plans in serving rural Medicare beneficiaries, this data note analyzes 2025 Part D enrollment in PDPs and Medicare Advantage drug plans by geographic area nationally and at the state level.