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Vaccination Coverage Among Children Age 35 Months
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Current and Expired PEPFAR Reporting Requirements
Issue BriefAn overview of PEPFAR reporting requirements under current and past law.
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Grandfathering Explained
PerspectiveThe Republican leadership in the House of Representatives recently indicated that it will be seeking to repeal regulations under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that govern the “grandfathered” status of health plans. As this aspect of the health reform law gets more scrutiny, it may be useful to review some of the specifics of how grandfathering works. The purpose of grandfathering: As provisions of the ACA go into effect, grandfathering provides for a smoother transition by…
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The Safer Communities Act: Changes to Medicaid EPSDT and School Based Services
Policy WatchThis post examines Medicaid’s current role in providing coverage for EPSDT and school-based health services, current challenges, and changes to these services included in the new the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act.
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Explaining Litigation Challenging the ACA’s Preventive Services Requirements: Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra
Issue BriefThis brief explains the preventive services coverage requirements, the basis of the Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra lawsuit, next steps in the litigation, and the potential implications.
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Federal HIV/AIDS Spending: A Budget Chartbook 2001
ReportThis fourth edition of The Federal Budget Chartbook, provides the most recent spending data on federal funding for HIV/AIDS. The chartbook also includes data on spending trends between FY 1995 and FY 2001 and data on specific programs. Click here to view the three previous editions of the Federal Budget Chartbook. Chartbook
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Potential Impacts of Delaying “Non-Essential” Reproductive Health Care
Issue BriefThis brief analyzes how states, health systems and providers have been faced with deciding what health care is “essential” verses “elective” during the COVID-19 crisis, and what the possible consequences are to delays in "non-essential" reproductive health care.
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KFF Health Tracking Poll: Ebola & Pandemic Preparedness
Poll FindingMuch of the public has yet to form an opinion on the U.S. government’s response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, this poll finds. Four in ten adults say the U.S. is less prepared for a pandemic now than it was in 2020.
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Coverage of Preventive Services for Adults in Medicaid
Issue BriefThis brief highlights data from a survey of state Medicaid programs conducted by KCMU on coverage of preventive services recommended for non-elderly adults before the ACA was enacted.