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PrEP Access in the United States: The Role of Telehealth
Issue BriefThis brief provides an overview of the tele-PrEP landscape, including how PrEP services (e.g., consults, lab work, prescribing, and monitoring) are provided and factors that facilitate its provision as well as barriers that remain. It is based on in-depth interviews with representatives from the major national telehealth companies providing tele-PrEP and other select tele-PrEP programs.
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New KFF Brief Takes a Closer Look at “Tele-PrEP” and the Future of PrEP Services in the United States
News ReleaseIn 2020, only 25% of people who could benefit from pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a medication that reduces the risk of acquiring HIV, were prescribed it. Using telehealth to provide PrEP, “tele-PrEP,” is a new approach that shows potential for expanding access to PrEP use in the United States that predates the COVID-19 pandemic. A new KFF analysis takes a deep dive into the tele-PrEP landscape, from the types of providers offering the service to the…
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Unvaccinated COVID patients cost the U.S. health system billions of dollars
Issue BriefThis updated analysis for the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker estimates that the preventable costs of treating unvaccinated patients in hospitals total $13.8 billion during the six-month period from June through November when the delta variant led to a surge in admissions.
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Lower Flu Vaccination Rates Among Black, Hispanic, and Low-Income Seniors Suggest Challenges for COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts
Issue BriefPeople 65 and older, who have been hardest hit by COVID-19 in terms of hospitalizations and deaths, are also at high risk of severe flu illness and are more likely to die of the flu than younger people. This analysis explores variation in the rate of flu vaccination among adults ages 65 and older covered by Medicare, and reasons cited for not getting vaccinated, based on data from the 2018 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey.
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Analysis Examines the Affordable Care Act’s Impact on Nearly All Americans
News ReleaseA week after the 2020 elections, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on a legal challenge, supported by the Trump administration, that seeks to overturn the Affordable Care Act, an outcome that would have major effects throughout the health care system as the law’s provisions have affected nearly all Americans in some way. A KFF analysis examines key provisions of the 2010 law that have changed the nation’s health care system, including what’s…
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Potential Impact of California v. Texas Decision on Key Provisions of the Affordable Care Act
Issue BriefThe Supreme Court will review the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) this November in California v. Texas. This fact sheet summarizes the major provisions of the ACA, illustrating the breadth of its changes to the health care system. If all of most of the ACA is struck down, many of these provisions could be eliminated.
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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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New Resource Outlines Efforts to Expand Screening and Counseling for Intimate Partner Violence
News ReleaseTwo resources give an overview of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the U.S. and insurance coverage for screening and counseling.
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Briefing on Access to Reproductive Health Care for Low-Income Women in Five Communities
Event Date:EventAs policy debates over the future of access to reproductive and sexual health services heat up at the national and state levels, understanding how these policies are playing out on the ground requires getting beyond the statistics. Earlier this year, KFF, working with Health Management Associates, conducted case studies and focus groups in five different communities to hear directly from providers and low-income women. The study addressed how national, state, and local policies, as well…