5 Key Facts About Medicaid Expansion
This issue brief examines Medicaid expansion enrollment and Medicaid spending in expansion and non-expansion states and describes the characteristics of adults covered by the Medicaid expansion.
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How Will the 2025 Reconciliation Law Affect the Uninsured Rate in Each State?
Issue BriefThis analysis apportions the increase in the number of uninsured across the 50 states and DC. CBO estimates that the reconciliation law will increase the number of uninsured by 10M in 2034 and rise to over 14M if enhanced premium tax credits for ACA Marketplace enrollees expire later this year.
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Tracking the Affordable Care Act Provisions in the 2025 Reconciliation Bill
FeatureHealth Provisions in the 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation Bill Medicaid The Affordable Care Act Medicare Health Savings Accounts Updated: July 8, 2025…
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Tracking the Medicaid Provisions in the 2025 Reconciliation Bill
FeatureKFF is tracking the Medicaid provisions in the 2025 federal budget bill, including new Medicaid work and verification requirements and a reduction in the expansion match rate for states that use their own funds to cover undocumented immigrants.
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10 Key Facts About the U.S. Global Health Response
Fact SheetProvides ten key facts about the U.S. global health response, as it was before the Trump administration began.
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Poll: With More Than Half the Public Saying They or a Family Member Have Been Covered by Medicaid, Large Majorities Don’t Want Cuts, Including Most Trump Voters and Rural Residents
News ReleaseAs Congress considers changes to the Medicaid program as part of the budget debate, relatively few (17%) in the public say they want to see a reduction in Medicaid spending, with larger shares saying they want spending to stay about the same (40%) or increase (42%), a new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds.
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A Medicaid Per Capita Cap: State by State Estimates
Issue BriefThis analysis examines the potential impacts on states, Medicaid enrollees, and providers of implementing a per capita cap on federal Medicaid spending, which is one proposal that has been discussed in Congress. Such a plan could decrease federal Medicaid spending by $532 billion to almost $1 trillion over a 10-year period, depending on how states respond. An estimated 15 million people could lose Medicaid coverage by 2034.
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Health Provisions in the 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation Law
Issue BriefOn July 4, President Trump signed the budget reconciliation bill, previously known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” into law. This summary provides background, description, budgetary impact and related information on the health care provisions of the law in four categories: Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, Medicare and Health Savings Accounts (HSAs).
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Implications of Congress Eliminating Major Biden Era Regulations for Medicaid
Policy WatchThe Biden administration finalized several major Medicaid regulations with the intent of improving access to Medicaid services. Collectively, the rules span hundreds of pages of text, are extremely complex, and were set to be implemented over several years, with measurable increases in federal Medicaid spending. Overturning the rules would reduce regulation of managed care companies, nursing facilities, and other providers; increase barriers to enrolling in and renewing Medicaid coverage, and roll back enrollee protections, payment transparency, and requirements for improved access.
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What to Know about Medicare Spending and Financing
Issue BriefThis brief provides an overview of Medicare spending and financing, based on the most recent historical and projected data from the Medicare Trustees and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO). The brief highlights trends in Medicare spending and key drivers of spending growth, including higher enrollment, growth in health care costs, and increases in payments to Medicare Advantage plans.