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  • Global HIV/AIDS Financing Amidst Uncertainty

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      On Wednesday, April 18, 2017, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Global Health Policy Center co-hosted a public discussion on the current state of financing for the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. The event also included the launch of the latest global health financing analysis by the University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). IHME’s latest analysis features a special focus on the past 20 years…

  • A View from the States: Key Medicaid Policy Changes: Results from a 50-State Medicaid Budget Survey for State Fiscal Years 2019 and 2020

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    This report provides an in-depth examination of the changes taking place in Medicaid programs across the country. The findings are drawn from the 19th annual budget survey of Medicaid officials in all 50 states and the District of Columbia conducted by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) and Health Management Associates (HMA), in collaboration with the National Association of Medicaid Directors (NAMD). This report highlights certain policies in place in state Medicaid programs in FY 2019…

  • Federal Medicaid Outlays During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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    This data note analyzes federal Medicaid outlays before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the one year since the onset of the pandemic, federal Medicaid outlays totaled $500.8 billion and grew by 19.5%, compared to 6.3% growth in the one year before the pandemic.

  • Temporary Enhanced Federal Medicaid Funding Can Soften the Economic Blow of the COVID-19 Pandemic on States, but is Unlikely to Fully Offset State Revenue Declines or Forestall Budget Shortfalls

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    The temporary boost in federal Medicaid funding enacted as part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) will soften the economic blow of COVID-19 on states, but is unlikely to fully offset state revenue declines or forestall budget shortfalls stemming from the pandemic, finds a new KFF analysis. The 6.2 percentage point increase in the Medicaid FMAP -- designed to provide states with broad fiscal relief, not just help with Medicaid costs -- is…

  • Donor Government Funding for Family Planning in 2021

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    In 2021, donor government funding for family planning activities totaled US$1.39 billion, essentially flat compared to the 2020 amount (US$1.41 billion). This report provides an analysis of donor government funding to address family planning in low- and middle-income countries in 2021.

  • Medicaid Program Integrity and Current Issues

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    Medicaid is a large source of spending in both state and federal budgets, making program integrity efforts important to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse and ensure appropriate use of taxpayer dollars. This brief explains what program integrity is, recent efforts at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to address program integrity, and current and emerging issues.

  • House Committee on Appropriations Releases FY 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor HHS) Appropriations Bill & Accompanying Report

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    The House Committee on Appropriations released its FY 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor HHS) appropriations bill on July 13, 2023 and accompanying report on November 3, 2023. The Labor HHS appropriations bill includes funding for U.S. global health programs provided to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and funding for global health research activities provided to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Total global health funding at…

  • ADAP in the Age of Living with HIV/AIDS, April 2007, DVD

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    This video, about the role of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), profiles several ADAP clients who receive HIV/AIDS drugs through the program and others who are on a waiting list. It features interviews with state officials in South Carolina and Michigan, highlighting the importance of ADAP for people with HIV/AIDS, as well as challenges the program faces. It was first shown on April 10, 2007, at an event to release The National ADAP Monitoring…