KFF Health Tracking Poll October 2022: The Issues Motivating Voters One Month Before The Midterm Elections October 12, 2022 Poll Finding Leading up to the November 2022 midterm elections, abortion access is motivating majorities of Democratic women, women under 50 and and Democratic voters in states with abortion bans. For older voters, some health care issues related to Medicare costs are resonating.
2022 State Ballot Initiatives on Abortion Rights September 20, 2022 Blog Four states (CA, MI, VT, and KY) will vote on ballot measures related to abortion rights in the November 2022 elections. This policy watch summarizes each of these ballot measures and their implications.
Abortion Access Rises as a Voting Issue and Motivator, Especially Among Democrats and Reproductive-Age Women, But Inflation Continues to Dominate as Americans Worry About Bills August 2, 2022 News Release Following the Supreme Court’s decision to end the constitutional right to an abortion, most voters (55%) now say access to abortion is “very important” to their vote in November’s midterm elections, up 9 percentage points since February prior to the decision, a new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds. This heightened…
KFF Health Tracking Poll July 2022: Inflation Tops Voters’ Priorities, But Abortion Access Resonates For Key Voting Blocs August 2, 2022 Poll Finding This poll finds most voters (55%) now say access to abortion is “very important” to their vote in November’s midterm elections, up since the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. This heightened interest is greatest among voter groups who largely want to guarantee access to abortion, including Democratic voters and women voters under 50 years old.
July 20 Web Event: Medication Abortion in a Post-Roe v. Wade America July 20, 2022 Event Medication abortion, also known as medical abortion or abortion with pills, has been FDA-approved as safe and effective since 2000 for the termination of pregnancies through the first 10 weeks. Its use in the United States has grown in recently years and now it accounts for just over half of…
After Roe: Options to Address Medicaid Coverage Policy Related to Maternal and Child Health July 15, 2022 Blog This policy watch examines the intersection of Medicaid coverage policies with state actions to ban abortion.
Medicaid’s New Option to Extend Postpartum Coverage for 12 Months Could Prevent Hundreds of Thousands of Enrollees from Losing Coverage in the Months After Delivery July 14, 2022 News Release A new KFF analysis finds that hundreds of thousands of people are disenrolled from Medicaid each year after giving birth, which could be prevented if all states were to take up a new option to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage to 12 months. The estimate – based on analysis of Medicaid…
Medicaid Enrollment Patterns During the Postpartum Year July 14, 2022 Issue Brief A provision in the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) of 2021 gives states a new option to extend Medicaid postpartum coverage to 12 months via a state plan amendment. This new option took effect on April 1, 2022 and is available to states for five years. Using Medicaid claims data from 2018, this brief examines enrollment patterns in the year following childbirth.
Abortion in the United States Dashboard July 12, 2022 Dashboard The Abortion in the U.S. Dashboard is an ongoing research project tracking state abortion policies and litigation following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
Abortion Decision Renews Questions About Employer Access to Health Information July 12, 2022 Blog This Policy Watch takes a look at employers ability to access abortion information when their health plan covers abortion services. With some states criminalizing entities who assist in abortions, employers and providers face legal jeopardy and existing privacy laws such as HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) may be limited in their privacy protections.
