New KFF Tracker Finds the Number of States with Restrictions on Youth Access to Gender Affirming Care Grew Five-fold Over the Last 18 Months January 31, 2024 News Release A new KFF resource tracks dozens of state laws and policies that restrict access to gender-affirming care among young people. Gender-affirming care supports and affirms gender identity through social, psychological, behavioral, or medical interventions. As state laws and policies restricting youth access to gender-affirming care proliferate, KFF’s new tracker assesses…
Youth Access to Gender Affirming Care: The Federal and State Policy Landscape June 1, 2022 Issue Brief This brief explores the current state and federal policy landscape regarding gender affirming services for youth and the implications of restrictive state laws.
What the Data Show: Firearms Violence February 16, 2024 Slide The U.S. has by far the highest homicide by firearm rate among similarly large and wealthy countries, including among children and teens.
KFF Health News and CBS News Win 2023 George Polk Award for Medical Reporting February 19, 2024 News Release KFF Health News won the 2023 George Polk Award for Medical Journalism for its year-long investigation with CBS News into the failure of FDA-approved medical devices that were suspected of contributing to thousands of injuries and patient deaths. The George Polk Awards were established in 1949 by Long Island University…
The Health Wonk Shop: Prior Authorization in Health Insurance: A Needed Tool to Contain Costs or an Excessive Barrier to Needed Care? February 22, 2024 Event Nearly 1 in 5 consumers with health insurance say their insurer delayed or denied care in the past year due to its requirements for prior authorization, a process through which insurers can require patients to obtain approval in advance before they will agree to cover specific services. Insurers…