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Una persona (o el cónyuge) con cobertura de salud grupal a través de un empleador actual puede retrasar la inscripción en la Parte A y la Parte B hasta que finalice la cobertura, y no enfrentará sanciones por inscribirse más tarde, pero solo si el empleador tiene 20 o más empleados.
Depende de cuánto tiempo haya estado recibiendo pagos del seguro por discapacidad del Seguro Social (SSDI). Se le inscribe automáticamente en la Parte A y la Parte B de Medicare después de haber recibido pagos de SSDI durante dos años.
Cuando deje de trabajar y/o finalice su cobertura a través de su trabajo, debe inscribirse en la Parte A y la Parte B de Medicare. Si es elegible para la Parte A sin prima, puede inscribirse en cualquier momento después de ser elegible por primera vez.
No. No se permite que las primas del plan de la Parte D varíen según su edad, estado de salud, si tiene afecciones preexistentes o si es fumador. La prima mensual que cobra cualquier plan de la Parte D es la misma para cualquier beneficiario que decida inscribirse en ese plan.
This tracker provides an overview of state laws/policies restricting minor access to gender affirming care and any associated litigation by state, identifying which groups of people are impacted in addition to minors, the types of penalties providers face, the status of legal challenges, and other key information.
This policy watch post examines the United States’ measles elimination status, including what it means to eliminate measles, whether the current measles outbreak could threaten the country’s measles elimination status, and what losing that status might mean for measles control.
San Francisco – KFF announced today that Dr. Victoria DeFrancesco Soto has joined KFF’s Board of Trustees. DeFrancesco Soto is the Dean of the Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas and previously served as Assistant Dean at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.
This issue brief gives an overview of the main systems used by the federal government to track vaccine safety and adverse events following vaccinations. The brief reviews the history of federal vaccine safety systems, describes the key systems and their strengths and limitations, and also discusses how vaccine safety issues have become the subject of more scrutiny under the Trump administration.
This policy watch examines the June 18 Supreme Court ruling upholding a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth in the case of the United States v. Skrmetti, how it will affect access in other states with similar bans, and other implications.
Medicaid Work Requirements Are Generally Popular, But Arguments Can Shift Views Nearly two-thirds (64%) of the public holds unfavorable views of the “One Big Beautiful Bill” passed last month by the House, nearly twice the share who view the bill favorably (35%), a new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds.
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