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How Has Projected Medicaid Spending and Enrollment Changed Since Passage of the 2025 Reconciliation Law?

Jul 1, 2026

Policy Watch

CBO’s latest projections of Medicaid spending and enrollment from February 2026 show how enrollment and spending are expected to change over the next decade, accounting for the historic policy changes and their expected reductions in future federal Medicaid spending, as well as other economic and technical changes. This policy watch compares CBO’s February 2026 projections of Medicaid spending and enrollment to earlier CBO projections.
Decoding Medicare Advantage Coding Intensity

Jul 1, 2026

Issue Brief

Federal payments to Medicare Advantage plans, and adjustments for health status, have come under increased scrutiny. This brief answers key questions about coding intensity, recent steps taken by CMS, the effects on beneficiaries, and other proposals to improve payment accuracy.
Medicaid Program Integrity: Tracking State-Specific and Nationwide Federal Action

Jun 25, 2026

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This page tracks emerging developments in the federal government’s approach to Medicaid program integrity, along with the implications of those actions for different states.
U.S. Global Health Legislation Tracker

Jun 23, 2026

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This tracker provides a listing of global health-related legislation introduced in the current Congress.
Forthcoming Policy Changes to Medicaid State Directed Payments

Jun 15, 2026

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The 2025 reconciliation law reduced federal Medicaid spending by an estimated $911 billion from 2025 through 2034, some of which stems from new restrictions on Medicaid state directed payments (SDPs) for hospital and other health care services. This issue brief describes SDPs and forthcoming policy changes stemming from the 2025 reconciliation law and the proposed regulation to implement those requirements and make other changes.
Federal Medicaid Spending Through State Directed Payments Nears $100 Billion Annually Across 41 States, With New Limits Set to Reduce Funding to States

Jun 15, 2026

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Forty states and DC currently receive $93 billion in annual federal Medicaid spending through state directed payments (SDPs) and may be at risk due to forthcoming limits on these payments, according to new KFF estimates. Annual federal spending on SDPs is highest in California (an estimated $10.6 billion)—followed by Texas ($6.3 billion), North Carolina ($5.2 billion), and Illinois ($5.1 billion).
Spending on Medicaid State Directed Payments Before New Limits Take Effect

Jun 15, 2026

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This issue brief analyzes Medicaid spending by state on SDPs that require prior CMS approval to better understand the use of SDPs before new limits in the reconciliation law take effect.
House Appropriations Committee Releases FY 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor HHS) Appropriations Bill & Accompanying Report

Jun 10, 2026

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This budget summary provides an analysis of global health funding amounts provided in the FY 2027 House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor HHS) appropriations bill and accompanying report.
What to Know About Recent Federal Actions Involving State Medicaid Program Integrity

Jun 9, 2026

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This brief describes recent HHS actions (state-specific and nationwide) related to Medicaid program integrity and outlines some open questions about the future of Medicaid program integrity, including which states might become a focus of administration effort.
An Update on Medicaid, Title X and Planned Parenthood

Jun 8, 2026

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This brief provides an update on Planned Parenthood closures and participation in the Title X program in the midst of substantial policy changes leading to decreased funding for Planned Parenthood including the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and the withholding of federal Title X funding to Planned Parenthood clinics.

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