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This issue brief discusses the sub-regulatory guidance issued by USCIS to guide public charge determinations under the new rule and implications for immigrant families’ access to health coverage and care.
This dashboard provides KFF’s analysis of the role abortion played in voters’ decisions in the 2026 midterm elections, with a focus on four states with abortion-related ballot measures: Idaho, Missouri, Nevada, and Virginia. It examines support for each of the measures across groups, including additional questions in Missouri, where voters were asked to weigh in on a ballot measure that combined questions of abortion access with restrictions on gender-affirming care.
This issue brief reviews the abortion-related initiatives currently slated to be on the ballot in November 2026 and examines how these measures may impact abortion access in several states.
Most hospitals buy their AI. Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Europe’s largest academic medical center and ranked eighth in the world by Newsweek, is developing its own. Charité has consolidated its scattered AI projects into a single Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and switched on Clé, an in-house platform that runs across research, teaching, patient care, and administration. Its success, says Chief Executive Officer Prof. Dr. Heyo Kroemer, will depend on whether it improves care,…
Beginning January 1, 2027, the 2025 reconciliation law will limit immigrant eligibility for ACA Marketplace subsidies. This brief provides an overview of implementation of the immigrant eligibility changes for Marketplace subsidies and issues to consider for affected individuals and states.
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Immigration restrictions and enforcement are central to the Trump administration’s domestic agenda and a focus of debate in the 2026 midterm elections. These policies have ripple effects on health care: immigration-related fears are leading some immigrant families to avoid medical care and drop coverage, including for U.S. citizen children, and visa restrictions could strain a health care workforce that relies on immigrants. Federal law has also narrowed eligibility for health coverage among lawfully present immigrants,…
This brief provides national estimates from the 2026 KFF Women’s Health Survey on reproductive age women’s experiences with abortion, the impact of Dobbs on abortion access and women’s concerns about future pregnancies, as well as women’s knowledge on the availability of medication abortion.
This tracker examines Executive Actions taken by the Trump administration that have the potential to impact LGBTQ+ people’s health. It lists the action taken by date, provisions relevant to LGBTQ+ health, and describes potential impact, including litigation challenging these actions.
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