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Medicaid/CHIP Coverage of Lawfully-Residing Immigrant Children and Pregnant Women
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Medicaid and CHIP Income Eligibility Limits for Children as a Percent of the Federal Poverty Level
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Medicaid and CHIP Eligibility, Enrollment, and Renewal Policies as States Prepare for Major Medicaid Policy Changes
ReportThe 24th annual survey of state Medicaid and CHIP program officials conducted by KFF and the Georgetown University Center for Children and Families (CCF) provides a baseline of state Medicaid and CHIP eligibility, enrollment, and renewal policies in place as of January 2026 as they prepare to implement the changes included in the 2025 reconciliation law.
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Vaccination Coverage Among Children Age 35 Months
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Key Facts about the Uninsured Population
Issue BriefThe number and share of people without insurance grew in 2024, increasing for the first time since 2019, according to KFF's analysis of data from the American Community Survey (ACS). This issue brief describes trends in health coverage in 2024, examines the characteristics of the uninsured population , and summarizes the access and financial implications of not having coverage.
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Measles Elimination Status: What It Is and How the U.S. Could Lose It
Policy WatchThis policy watch examines the United States’ measles elimination status, including what it means to eliminate measles, whether the current measles outbreak could threaten the country’s measles elimination status, and what losing that status might mean for measles control.
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Deaths and Health Care Issues in ICE Detention Centers Under the Second Trump Administration
Issue BriefThis brief provides an overview of deaths in ICE custody and detention centers under the Trump administration based on KFF analysis of ICE detainee death reporting and news releases and reviews recent reports of health care issues in detention centers.
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The Court’s Opening Shot on Federal Vaccine Policy Changes
Quick TakeA growing number of states, reaching 30 as of March, have announced that they are no longer following CDC recommendations as their benchmark for some or all childhood vaccines... The court’s stay does not change these states’ decisions and in some ways may allow them to avoid a potential ‘ping pong’ of federal vaccine policy that could result from future legal rulings or actions by the administration.
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Health and Health Care Experiences of Immigrant Parents and Their Children During the Second Trump Term
Issue BriefThis brief provides data from the 2025 KFF/New York Times Survey of Immigrants on the health and health care experiences of immigrant parents and their children in the U.S. amid the current policy environment.