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  • Six Months into the Medicaid Unwinding: What Do the Data Show and What Questions Remain?

    Policy Watch

    Six months into the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous enrollment provision, KFF tracking shows states are reporting outcomes for over 28 million renewals, accounting for three in ten people who were enrolled as of March 2023 when continuous enrollment ended. This policy watch examines the latest data and key questions as the unwinding continues to unfold.

  • Support For Various Deficit Reducing Changes to Medicare

    Feature

    Support-For-Various-Deficit-Reducing-Changes-To-Medicare-POLLING Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation/Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/Harvard School of Public Health, The Public’s Health Care Agenda for the 113th Congress (conducted January 3-9, 2013)

  • States Are Adopting a Variety of Outreach Strategies to Inform Individuals About Medicaid Work Requirements

    Medicaid Work Requirements: Federal Outreach Requirements and State Plans

    Issue Brief

    State Medicaid programs must inform people affected by new work requirements with federally required notices, and most states are planning other types of outreach, including phone calls, public ads, and social media posts. This brief describes the federal outreach requirements and state plans, as well as the complexities and tight implementation timelines states face.

  • Visualizing Health Policy: Eligibility and Coverage Trends in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance

    Other Post

    This Visualizing Health Policy infographic looks at eligibility and coverage trends in employer-sponsored health insurance. Between 2000 and 2015, the share of workers covered by health benefits offered by their employers dropped from 63 percent to 56 percent, with some firms not offering coverage and some employees not enrolling when coverage is offered. The biggest decrease occurred among employees working for small firms (3-199 workers). Among people younger than 65, those with lower incomes continued to…

  • Ask KFF: MaryBeth Musumeci Answers 3 Questions on Kentucky, Arkansas Medicaid Work and Reporting Requirement Cases

    Issue Brief

    A federal district court has set aside the HHS Secretary’s approval of Medicaid waivers with work and reporting requirements and other eligibility and enrollment restrictions in Kentucky and Arkansas. For context as this all develops, we asked MaryBeth Musumeci, Associate Director at the Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured, three questions about the implications of the decisions.

  • The Affordable Care Act Drove Record Annual Increases in Enrollment and Total Medicaid Spending Nationally in FY 2015, As Newly Eligible Adults gained Coverage in Expansion States

    News Release

    High Federal Match for Adult Expansion Group Contributed to Substantially Slower State Medicaid Spending Growth in Expansion States Compared to Non-Expansion States Survey Also Finds States Relying More on Managed Care, Undertaking Delivery System Reforms The Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion resulted in record increases in Medicaid enrollment and spending nationally in fiscal year 2015, with both rising an average of nearly 14 percent, according to the 15th annual 50-state Medicaid budget survey by the…

  • States Adopted Changes to Expand Medicaid Eligibility and Streamline Renewal Processes That Will Continue Beyond the Unwinding, Though Challenges Remain

    News Release

    The unwinding of pandemic enrollment protections in Medicaid helped accelerate states’ expansion of eligibility for key groups and adoption of policy and system changes to streamline renewal processes for enrollees, according to findings from a new KFF survey of state Medicaid officials. These changes mean that the return to “routine” operations when the unwinding period ends will not be a return to pre-pandemic operations in many states. The survey examined actions states have taken to…

  • What Could Medicaid Work Requirements Mean for SSI Applicants?

    What Could Medicaid Work Requirements Mean for SSI Applicants?

    Issue Brief

    Medicaid 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.

  • A 90% Cut to the ACA Navigator Program

    Quick Insights

    Cutting funding for the trusted and impartial source of important information Navigators provide could have big impacts just as many consumers may need to re-evaluate their coverage options.