Comprehensive Medicaid Managed Care Penetration
Comprehensive Medicaid Managed Care Penetration Download Source KCMU/HMA Survey of Medicaid Managed Care, September 2011 …
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Expanding Coverage to Adults through Medicaid Under Health Reform: Key Issues to Consider for Implementation
Issue BriefThe Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured convened a roundtable discussion on June 23, 2010 with a group of federal and state officials and experts to discuss key issues related to reaching, enrolling and delivering care to adults in Medicaid under health reform.
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“Healthification”: The Good and Bad of Making Everything a Health Issue
From Drew AltmanIn his new column, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman discusses the pros and cons of labeling socio-economic problems as health issues.
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More Children are Losing Medicaid Coverage as Child Poverty Grows
News ReleaseChildren’s Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) enrollment declined by 5.5%, or 2.3 million children, from March 2023, before the unwinding began, to September 2023, according to KFF’s latest analysis. Across all 50 states and DC, at least 14,377,000 people were disenrolled from Medicaid between April 1 and January 9, 2024.
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Utilization of Health Care Services by Medicaid Expansion Status
Issue BriefSome critics of Medicaid expansion have argued that expansion diverts resources away from other groups of Medicaid enrollees, including people with disabilities and children, and that expansion enrollees are “able-bodied” implying they have minimal health care needs. However, data show that expansion states spend more per enrollee overall and on each eligibility group than non-expansion states and that nearly half of expansion enrollees have a chronic condition. This data note analyzes 2021 Medicaid claims data to compare utilization of health care services among Medicaid expansion enrollees with other Medicaid enrollees in expansion states and to compare utilization of health care services among adult Medicaid enrollees living in expansion and non-expansion states.
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Seven Million People with Medicare Spend More Than 10% of Income on Part B Premiums – The Reconciliation Bill Could Drive the Number Higher
Issue BriefPeople with low incomes and limited financial resources can qualify for the Medicare Savings Programs, through which state Medicaid programs provide financial assistance with Medicare premiums and cost sharing. However, provisions in the GOP’s budget reconciliation bill would make it harder for people to enroll in these programs. Many people with Medicare are facing a relatively high financial burden associated with paying Part B premiums, and the reconciliation bill could drive that number higher.
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A Closer Look at Negative Interactions Experienced by Women in Health Settings: Findings from the 2024 KFF Women’s Health Survey
Issue BriefThis data note presents findings from the 2024 KFF Women’s Health Survey on women’s experiences with disrespectful and unfair treatment as well as negative interactions with providers during health care visits in the past two years.
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President Trump’s Federal Funding Freeze May Reach the Title X Family Planning Program
Quick TakeWhile [the Title X family planning services] funding freeze could be the Trump administration’s first major salvo in its efforts to weaken and defund Planned Parenthood, more actions...to limit access to abortion and contraception are expected in the coming years.
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Key Data on Health and Health Care for Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander People
Issue BriefAmong NHPI people, there is significant variation in key factors that influence health, including health coverage, income, and homeownership, with Marshallese people faring the worst across all examined measures. Data gaps prevent the ability to fully identify and understand health disparities for NHPI people. Among available data, NHPI people fare worse than White people for the majority of measures.
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Majority Say They Don’t Understand How ACA Will Impact Them, Including Two-Thirds of Uninsured and Low-Income
FeatureMajority-say-they-dont-understand-how-ACA-will-impact-them-polling Download Source Kaiser Family Foundation Health Tracking Poll (conducted March 5-10, 2013)…