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Want to Learn About Women’s Health in your State? Check out KFF’s Updated Interactive Dashboard

Feb 22, 2024

News Release

KFF recently updated its interactive dashboard with national and state data on women’s health, as well as information about various policies that affect women’s health. The dashboard provides instant access the most up-to-date state level indicators of women’s health in the U.S. Many of the indicators also provide national and state-level information for women of different racial and ethnic groups. Dashboard topics include: Abortion availability, coverage, and use by race/ethnicity. Maternal and infant mortality, preterm…

What Does the Recent Literature Say About Medicaid Expansion?: Impacts on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Jun 29, 2023

Issue Brief

This brief summarizes recent studies on the impacts of Medicaid expansion on a range of sexual and reproductive health outcomes.

Medicaid Expansion Has Had Beneficial Effects on Some Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes

Jun 29, 2023

News Release

A new KFF review of more than three dozen studies published between April 2021 and June 2023 finds that Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act is associated with beneficial effects on a range of sexual and reproductive health outcomes. The studies, which echo findings of previous research, find that Medicaid expansion is associated with increased health insurance coverage prior to and after pregnancy, as well as increased access to, and utilization of, both prenatal…

Pandemic-Era Changes to Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services (HCBS): A Closer Look at Family Caregiver Policies

Sep 19, 2023

Issue Brief

Drawing from KFF’s 50-state survey of state Medicaid HCBS officials, conducted between May and August of 2023, this issue brief describes how states used the PHE authorities to strengthen their HCBS programs, changes as the PHE ends, and the role of family caregivers in providing HCBS.

Medication Abortion in the Courts: What’s at Stake?

Mar 8, 2023

News Release

Access to medication abortion has emerged as a central issue following the Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade. There is ongoing litigation in four federal cases about the FDA’s approval and regulation of mifepristone, one of the two drugs used in medication abortion. Mifepristone, approved by the FDA in 2000, has a long record of safety and effectiveness and has been used by more than 5 million people in the United States. In the most…

Ending the Public Health Emergency for Medicaid Home- and Community-Based Services

Apr 19, 2023

Policy Watch

This policy watch explores the potential implications of ending the PHE for Medicaid HCBS programs.

The Unwinding of Medicaid Continuous Enrollment: Knowledge and Experiences of Enrollees

May 24, 2023

Poll Finding

This brief gauges Medicaid enrollees’ knowledge of the Medicaid renewal process and possible disenrollment, following the end of continuous enrollment on March 31, 2023.

What Do the Early Medicaid Unwinding Data Tell Us?

May 31, 2023

Policy Watch

As states begin to unwind the COVID emergency continuous enrollment provision and resume Medicaid disenrollments, early data from a handful of states – highlighted on KFF’s regularly-updated Medicaid Enrollment and Unwinding Tracker -- reveal wide variation in disenrollment rates.

Data Note: Medicaid Managed Care Growth and Implications of the Medicaid Expansion

Apr 24, 2017

Issue Brief

Most states today rely heavily on risk-based managed care organizations (MCOs) to serve Medicaid beneficiaries. This Data Note discusses the current role of managed care in Medicaid and examines differences in managed care growth between states that expanded Medicaid to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and states that did not expand Medicaid.

The Role of Medicaid and Impact of the Medicaid Expansion for Veterans Experiencing Homelessness

Oct 3, 2017

Issue Brief

This brief describes Medicaid’s role for veterans experiencing homelessness and provides insight into how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion has affected their coverage and access to care.

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