What are the Recent Trends in Health Sector Employment
This chart collection takes a deep dive into employment data to analyze how health sector jobs and wages shrank and recovered since the coronavirus pandemic struck in early 2020.
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Understanding the Intersection of Medicaid and Work: An Update
Issue BriefAmid renewed interest in Medicaid work requirements as part of a broader legislative package designed to significantly reduce federal Medicaid spending, KFF has updated its analysis of the work status and demographic characteristics of Medicaid enrollees with the latest data. Data show that, in 2023, 92% of Medicaid adults were either working full or part-time (64%), or were not working due to barriers to work such as caregiving responsibilities, illness or disability, or school attendance…
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How Will the Loss of Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Affect Older Adults?
Issue BriefAdults ages 50 to 64 are disproportionately affected by the expiration of ACA enhanced premium tax credits because they make up a large number of Marketplace enrollees and premiums rise with age. Our analysis shows that older enrollees with moderate to higher incomes have been hit hardest.
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Changes in Income and Health Coverage Eligibility After Job Loss Due to COVID-19
Issue BriefThis data note examines how job loss and income changes could affect people’s access to health coverage whether through work or through the ACA's marketplaces and Medicaid.
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Distribution of Uninsured People Ages 0-64 by Family Work Status
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Distribution of People Ages 0-64 with Employer Coverage by Family Work Status
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Employer-Sponsored Coverage Rates for People Ages 0-64 by Family Work Status
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Distribution of People Ages 0-64 with Medicaid by Family Work Status
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Potential Impacts of Trump Administration H-1B Visa Policies on the Health Care and Social Assistance Industries
Issue BriefThis issue brief provides an overview of the H-1B visa program, analyzes trends in H-1B visa approvals for the health care and social assistance industries using data from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and discusses potential implications of recent policies impacting the H-1B program on the U.S. health care workforce.
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Economic and Fiscal Trends in Expansion and Non-Expansion States: What We Know Leading Up to 2014
Issue BriefThis brief was prepared with the Rockefeller Institute of Government, the public policy research arm of the State University of New York. It is designed to provide some insight into the underlying economic and fiscal conditions in expansion and non-expansion states leading up to 2014 by looking at the typical (i.e. median) state for each group. This analysis will provide a framework against which to measure the impact of expansion decisions going forward. The sections…