Explaining Health Savings Accounts in the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces
This brief examines how the budget reconciliation law expanded access to HSA-eligible plans and accounts on the ACA Marketplaces and what these changes means for enrollees
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Explaining Health Care Reform: Questions About Health Insurance Subsidies
Issue BriefThis brief provides an overview of the financial assistance provided under the ACA for people purchasing coverage on their own through health insurance Marketplaces (also called exchanges).
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Midterm Election Update: Medicaid Changes
Fact SheetMajor federal changes to Medicaid eligibility and financing from the 2025 reconciliation law are coming, including new work requirements that will affect millions of Medicaid enrollees. KFF’s fact sheet provides an overview of what has changed, what is still ahead, and what the public thinks about Medicaid heading into the midterms.
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A Guide to the Role of Health in the Midterms
From Drew AltmanIn a new column, President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman says health care costs are playing a significant role in the midterms as one dimension of voters’ concerns about cost of living, and explains why pollsters, analysts, and candidates should look at it that way, and not as a separate voting issue. He writes, “The ‘issue’ that matters most in this election is cost of living and the cost of health care is a central…
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Which States Will Be Affected by Key Medicaid Provisions in the 2025 Reconciliation Law?
Policy WatchThe 2025 reconciliation law makes sweeping changes to Medicaid that will affect every state through key eligibility and financing changes, including new work requirements, immigrant eligibility restrictions, and changes to provider taxes and state directed payments. This issue brief explains which states will be affected by each of these key provisions.
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KFF Health Tracking Poll: Health Care Issues in the Lead-Up to the 2026 Midterm Election
Poll FindingWith the 2026 midterms about a month away, health care costs remain tied with gas as voters’ top midterm concerns and the Democrats hold a clear edge over the Republicans Party on who voters trust to handle many top electoral issues, including the cost of health care and the cost of living. Two-thirds of U.S. adults now favor Medicare-for-all, a new high in KFF Polling, but support shifts when competing claims from critics and proponents…
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Current and Historical Public Opinion on Medicare-for-All and Other National Health Plan Proposals
Fact SheetThis chart pack summarizes KFF polling data on public opinion on Medicare-for-all and other national health plan proposals. The latest update finds that two-thirds of the public supports Medicare-for-all, while support changes drastically as respondents hear arguments from proponents and critics.
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State Fiscal Conditions: Context on Medicaid Budgets for FY 2027
Issue BriefThis brief describes current fiscal conditions using the latest state revenue and spending data from the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) and analyzes how these conditions may impact states’ Medicaid budget decisions going forward.
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5 Questions and Answers About Medicaid and Provider Taxes
Issue BriefThis issue brief uses data from KFF’s 2025-2026 survey of Medicaid directors and from a proposed rule on provider taxes to describe states’ current provider taxes, explore how rules governing provider taxes are changing because of the 2025 reconciliation law and the regulations implementing that law, and summarizes which changes may affect each state.