Data Note: Variation in Per Enrollee Medicaid Spending
This data note looks at Medicaid spending per full-benefit enrollee, examining variation by state and by eligibility group, as well as variation within a given state and eligibility group.
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Do You Have the Facts About Medicare’s Financial Outlook for the Future?
News ReleaseMedicare is likely to be back on the federal policy agenda this year as Congress and President Trump pursue repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, and potentially consider options to reduce federal spending.
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Key Questions About Medicaid Block Grants
News ReleaseAs policymakers in Washington discuss Affordable Care Act repeal and a possible block grant for Medicaid, a new issue brief from the Kaiser Family Foundation lays out key questions to consider in restructuring federal financing of the nation’s health insurance program for low-income Americans.
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New Online Resource Tracks Legislation Affecting Global Health
News ReleaseA new KFF online resource tracks more than 30 bills introduced in the current Congress that would affect global health policy. The U.S. Global Health Legislation Tracker covers current legislation on an array of topics, from implementing a strategy to help end preventable maternal and child deaths to creating an action plan on climate change.
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A Check Up on U.S. Global Health Policy, After One Year of the Trump Administration
Issue BriefIn this brief, we take stock of the U.S. global health response on the occasion of one year of the Trump Presidency and look ahead to the global health policy issues that are likely to be front and center in the coming months and years. We include a discussion of new KFF polling data (from January 2018) to provide an updated assessment of U.S. public support for global health programs.
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A Snapshot of US Global Health Funding, JAMA, April 23, 2014
FeatureA Snapshot of US Global Health Funding, JAMA, April 23, 2014 Download View JAMA Infographic…
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Shaping the U.S. Global Health Policy Agenda: Key Considerations for the Future
News ReleaseIn the latest post in the Policy Insights series, Jen Kates and Josh Michaud outline eight questions that are likely to shape the U.S. global health response in the last two years of the current presidential term and beyond.
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How Much of the Medicare Spending Slowdown Can be Explained? Insights and Analysis from 2014
Issue BriefThis paper identifies and quantifies, to the extent possible, the factors that explain the gap between actual Medicare spending in 2014 and CBO's 2009 projections of what Medicare spending would be this year. The study synthesizes information from a variety of sources and presents new analysis to assess the extent to which lower-than-projected Medicare spending in 2014 can be explained by deliberate policy and program changes, unexpected trends, and other factors.
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New Study Provides Insight and Analysis to Help Explain the Medicare Spending Slowdown
News ReleaseMedicare, the federal health program that provides health care and coverage to 54 million seniors and younger adults with permanent disabilities, is in the midst of an unprecedented slowdown in spending growth.
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New Report on the “Rising Cost of Living Longer” Details Medicare Spending by Age
News ReleaseA new report, The Rising Cost of Living Longer: Analysis of Medicare Spending by Age for Beneficiaries in Traditional Medicare, from the Kaiser Family Foundation takes a detailed look at per person Medicare spending by age and by service among the nearly 30 million people covered by traditional Medicare in 2011