Explaining Health Savings Accounts in the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces
This brief examines how the budget reconciliation law expanded access to HSA-eligible plans and accounts on the ACA Marketplaces and what these changes means for enrollees
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Implementation of Immigrant Eligibility Restrictions for ACA Marketplace Subsidies Under the 2025 Reconciliation Law: Issues to Consider
Issue BriefBeginning 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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Explaining Health Care Reform: Questions About Health Insurance Subsidies
Issue BriefThis brief provides an overview of the financial assistance provided under the ACA for people purchasing coverage on their own through health insurance Marketplaces (also called exchanges).
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Assessing Ability to Work: How Historical SNAP Processes May Vary from Medicaid
Issue BriefIn light of the uncertainty surrounding how states will verify the Medicaid medical frailty exclusion, this issue brief describes how the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has handled similar administrative challenges.
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Midterm Election Update: Medicaid Changes
Fact SheetMajor federal changes to Medicaid eligibility and financing from the 2025 reconciliation law are coming, including new work requirements that will affect millions of Medicaid enrollees. KFF’s fact sheet provides an overview of what has changed, what is still ahead, and what the public thinks about Medicaid heading into the midterms.
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Medicaid State Fact Sheets
FeatureWhat percentage of people are covered by Medicaid in your state? Our State Medicaid fact sheets provide a snapshot with key data for Medicaid in every state related to current coverage, access, and financing, as well as a politics section for each state.
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Green Card Processing Backlogs for Refugees and Asylees Could Have Implications for Health Coverage and Care
Issue BriefThis data note highlights changes in green card (I-485) application processing for refugees and asylees between fiscal year (FY) 2021 and FY2025, as well as across the first three quarters of FY2025 to FY2026 (since FY2026 data are only available through the third quarter). It discusses the implications of these trends for access to federally funded health coverage following eligibility changes under the 2025 reconciliation law.
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What Could Medicaid Work Requirements Mean for SSI Applicants?
Issue BriefMedicaid work requirements may make it more difficult for some SSI applicants to maintain coverage due to the added complexity of navigating the verification process for the medical frailty exclusion. KFF's policy analysis explains why SSI applicants are particularly at risk of going uninsured under the new Medicaid rules.
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What Could Medicaid Work Requirements Mean for People with Disabilities Waiting for Medicare Coverage?
Issue BriefThis analysis finds that Medicaid through the expansion pathway covered over 1 in 4 SSDI applicants and beneficiaries waiting to become eligible for Medicare (120,300 people out of a total 415,300 in 2023). In future years, people applying for and new to SSDI may experience difficulties maintaining Medicaid prior to becoming eligible for Medicare because of the new work requirements.
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Congressional District Interactive Map: Medicaid Enrollment by Eligibility Group
Issue BriefKFF’s new interactive maps illustrate Medicaid enrollment by congressional district and eligibility group. In half of Republican congressional districts, at least 20% of residents are enrolled in Medicaid, and in half of Democratic districts, at least 25% are enrolled.