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Women Age 40 and Older Who Report Having Had a Mammogram Within the Past Two Years by Race/Ethnicity
State Health Facts Indicatordisparity, Disparities
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Adults Aged 65 and Over Who Report Ever Having A Pneumonia Vaccine by Sex
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Women Ages 21-65 Who Report Having a Pap Smear within the Past Three Years by Race/Ethnicity
State Health Facts Indicatordisparity, Disparities
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How Does Where You Work Affect Your Contraceptive Coverage?
InteractiveThe Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires most private health insurance plans to provide coverage for a broad range of preventive services including FDA approved prescription contraceptives and services for women. Legal challenges and recently issued rules have affected contraceptive coverage for many women.
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Walgreens and KFF’s Greater Than HIV Join with Community Partners to Offer Free HIV and STD Testing at Record Number of Stores on June 27
News ReleaseDEERFIELD, Ill. & SAN FRANCISCO, June 11, 2024 – Walgreens and Greater Than HIV, a public information initiative of KFF, are teaming up with health departments and community organizations to offer free rapid HIV testing in more than 550 Walgreens stores on June 27 in the largest coordinated National HIV Testing Day event.
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Access Uncertain for New Injectable PrEP as the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Open Enrollment Begins
Policy WatchThis analysis examines access to, and consumers ability to find information on, a new twice annual long-acting PrEP drug during the first ACA open enrollment period since its approval. Despite the drug widely being considered a major advance, early evidence suggests that insurance coverage and benefit design decisions may create barriers to access.
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ACA Preventive Services Are Back at the Supreme Court: Kennedy v. Braidwood
Issue BriefThis brief provides an overview of the most recent ACA case under review at the Supreme Court (Kennedy v. Braidwood Management) and discusses the implications of the potential rulings by the high court.
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The Implications of the Most Recent Challenge to the ACA’s Preventive Care Requirement Could Affect Millions
News ReleaseA new brief explains the implications of the most recent legal challenge contesting the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement that most private insurance plans cover specific preventive care items and services—such as contraceptive services and supplies, and cancer screenings—at no cost to patients. In Braidwood Management v.
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An Overview of Medicaid Incentives for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases (MIPCD) Grants
Issue BriefThis brief provides an overview of the Medicaid Incentives for the Prevention of Chronic Diseases (MIPCD) grants and highlights key findings from the interim evaluation of the program. The brief also places these grants in context of pre-Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid beneficiary incentive programs and proposed programs of states that are incorporating healthy behavior incentives into Medicaid expansion waivers.