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  • State Health Facts

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    More than 800 up-to-date health indicators at the state level can be mapped, ranked, and downloaded.

  • Tracking Key HHS Public Health Policy Actions Under the Trump Administration

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    This resource chronologically lists and briefly describes key actions taken by the Trump Administration through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that affect public health in the U.S. The actions are listed in the order in which they were first issued, reported or announced.

  • “KFF is a policy research organization, a polling and survey research organization, and a news organization, all in one. Those are our three main operating programs or divisions. The theory of the organization is to focus the policy research, the polling and the journalism on the same mission and the same issues at the same time, to give us the presence, reach and punch to play our role as an independent voice and source of information on national health issues. We’re a one-of-a-kind combination of all three — a different kind of information organization.” — Drew Altman, KFF President and CEO

    Making KFF Less Mysterious Again

    From Drew Altman

    In one of his occasional columns about “us,” President and CEO, Dr. Drew Altman, addresses how KFF, which combines policy research, polling and journalism in one organization, operates and why we’re called KFF today, addressing occasional confusion about our name, how we work and how to describe KFF.

  • Life Expectancy in the U.S. Has Rebounded to Nearly Pre-Pandemic Levels , but Remains Far Below Peer Countries

    How Does the Quality of the U.S. Health System Compare to Other Countries?

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    This chart collection compare health outcomes, quality of care, and access to services between the U.S. and peer countries. While inconsistent and imperfect metrics make it difficult to firmly assess system-wide health quality in the U.S., a review of the available data prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic suggests that in most of these measures, the U.S. has lagged behind comparably large and wealthy countries.

  • U.S. Public Health

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    This Health Policy 101 chapter examines the evolution, governance and delivery of public health in the United States. The chapter includes explanations of key public health frameworks, services, capabilities and characteristics, how the public health system works in state, local and territorial governments, public health funding, workforce, and communication challenges in an era of declining trust and more.

  • LGBTQ+ Health Policy

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    This Health Policy 101 chapter explores LGBTQ+ people’s identities and demographics, their experiences with health and health care, including the significant disparities, and the related federal and state health policy landscape.

  • The Role of Public Opinion Polls in Health Policy

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    This Health Policy 101 chapter explores why polls and surveys are essential for understanding health policy issues and aims to teach you how to evaluate polls effectively. It covers the importance of polls in policy analysis, key considerations for interpretation, polling methodologies, and questions to assess the usefulness of polls. The chapter concludes with real-world examples demonstrating how polling informs policy debates.

  • A promotional image for the the KFF Health Policy 101 Congress, the Executive Branch, and Health Policy chapter

    Congress and the Executive Branch and Health Policy

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    This Health Policy 101 chapter explores the federal government’s role in health policy for the fragmented U.S. health care system. It examines the impact of the three federal branches and goes into further detail about the Department of Health and Human Services structure and the major congressional committees dealing with health care. It also briefly outlines the federal budgetary and regulatory process.