Five Things to Know About Medicare Site-Neutral Payment Reforms
This brief examines key facts around proposals to align Medicare payments for outpatient services across care settings, otherwise known as “site-neutral payment reforms.”
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House Appropriations Committee Approves the FY 2025 State and Foreign Operations (SFOPs) Appropriations Bill
Fact SheetThis KFF budget summary provides an analysis of global health funding in the FY 2025 House State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (SFOPs) Appropriations bill.
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House Committee on Appropriations Releases FY 2025 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor HHS) Appropriations Bill & Accompanying Report
Fact SheetThis KFF summary details global health funding amounts in the FY 2025 House Labor Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor HHS) appropriations bill and accompanying report.
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What Would Another Trump Presidency Mean for Health Care?
PerspectiveIn a new column in JAMA Health Forum, Larry Levitt, KFF’s executive vice president for health policy, explores what a second Trump presidency might mean for health policy based on his record and remarks, including potentially weakening the Affordable Care Act, reducing federal Medicaid costs, and restricting access to abortion.
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Again, No Medicaid
From Drew AltmanIn his latest column, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman explains why Medicaid, despite former President Donald Trump's silence on the topic, warrants greater attention given the potential for drastic changes or cuts to it should Republicans win control in the election.
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2013 Survey of Americans on the U.S. Role in Global Health
Poll FindingThe 2013 Survey of Americans on the U.S. Role in Global Health examines the American public's views, knowledge and opinions of U.S. efforts to improve health for people in developing countries. The fifth in a series that began in 2009, the survey explores the public's views on global health spending and foreign aid, their priorities for the U.S. in world affairs, and the attention they pay to the issue of health in developing countries.
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Medicare Part D Spending on the EpiPen Increased More than 1000 Percent from 2007 to 2014
News ReleaseAs policymakers in Washington scrutinize the rising cost of the EpiPen auto-injector, a new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation shows that Medicare Part D spending for the potentially life-saving device increased by more than 1000 percent between 2007, the year after the Part D drug benefit took effect, and 2014, the most recent year…
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Visualizing Health Policy: Medicare and End-of-Life Care
Other PostThis Visualizing Health Policy infographic, produced in partnership with the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), provides a snapshot of Medicare and end-of-life care.
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Health Affairs Blog: The Cost Of A Cure: Revisiting Medicare Part D And Hepatitis C Drugs
PerspectiveThis blog post revisits an earlier analysis of the drug Sovaldi (sofosbuvir) using new data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and considers both the ongoing impact of hepatitis C drugs for Medicare Part D and the broader implications for Medicare of new high-priced drugs entering the market.
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The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act: Summary of Key Health Provisions
Issue BriefProvides a summary of health provisions in the fourth major legislative initiative to address COVID-19, the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act.