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Medicaid Financing Cliff: Implications for the Health Care Systems in Puerto Rico and USVI

May 21, 2019

Issue Brief

This brief provides an overview of the status of the health care systems and Medicaid programs in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) about one and a half years after Hurricanes Irma and Maria struck the islands in September 2017. The hurricanes exacerbated the territories’ existing economic and health care challenges by accelerating outmigration of residents and health care providers and destroying homes, schools, health care facilities, and other infrastructure. After the storms,…

Insurance Coverage Among People with HIV and the General Population, Nonelderly Adults, 2015

May 20, 2019

Feature

Coverage Among People with HIV and the General Public Download

Insurance Coverage Among Nonelderly Adults with HIV in Medicaid Expansion and Non-expansion States, 2015

May 20, 2019

Feature

Insurance Coverage Among People with HIV Expansion and Non-Expansion States Download

Salud y Atención Médica para los Hispanos en los Estados Unidos

May 14, 2019

Other Post

This Spanish-language infographic provides data on the current status of health and health care for Hispanics, including measures of their health coverage, health access and use, and health outcomes.

Health and Health Care for Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (NHOPIs) in the United States

May 10, 2019

Other Post

This infographic provides data on the current status of health and health care for Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians and Other Pacific Islanders (NHOPIs), including measures of their health coverage, health access and use, and health outcomes.

Health and Health Care for Blacks in the United States

May 10, 2019

Other Post

This infographic provides data on the current status of health and health care for Blacks, including measures of their health coverage, health access and use, and health outcomes.

Health and Health Care for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIANs) in the United States

May 10, 2019

Other Post

This infographic provides data on the current status of health and health care for American Indians and Alaska Natives, including measures of their health coverage, health access and use, and health outcomes.

Health and Health Care for Hispanics in the United States

May 10, 2019

Other Post

This infographic provides data on the current status of health and health care for Hispanics, including measures of their health coverage, health access and use, and health outcomes.

Addressing the Opioid Crisis: Medication-Assisted Treatment at Health Care for the Homeless Programs

Apr 4, 2019

Issue Brief

Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) programs, a subset of community health centers, play a significant role in addressing the opioid epidemic by providing medication-assisted treatment (MAT). MAT, which combines one of three medications (methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone) with behavioral therapies, is the standard of care for opioid use disorder (OUD). This brief presents findings from an analysis of health center data on the provision of buprenorphine-based MAT, as well as interviews with providers and…

Coverage at Work: The Share of Nonelderly Americans with Employer-Based Insurance Rose Modestly in Recent Years, but Has Declined Markedly Over the Long Term

Feb 1, 2019

News Release

An improving economy and the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate may be behind a modest increase in the share of Americans with job-based health insurance in recent years, but the long-term trend remains a downward one, according to a new KFF analysis. Data from the federal National Health Interview Survey show the share of the nonelderly population covered by workplace plans rose from 56.3 percent in 2013 to 58.4 percent in 2017. That was still…

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