Affordable Care Act
How Much More Would People Pay if Enhanced ACA Subsidies Expired?
Enhanced subsidies for enrollees in ACA Marketplace plans are set to expire at the end of 2025. A KFF calculator shows how much out-of-pocket premiums would increase if Congress does not extend the subsidies.
Vaccines
How Can Key Federal Health Agencies Affect Vaccine Policies?
This policy brief highlights several areas in which HHS, FDA, and CDC have authority to shape U.S. vaccine policy, with a specific focus on vaccine approvals and recommendations for the public. While there are limits, federal officials have significant authority, which could affect vaccine availability, views about vaccines, and vaccine use in the U.S. But this does not include imposing mandates on or changing local vaccination requirements, powers that rest with state and local governments.
Future of Medicaid
Medicaid Work Requirements May Return to the Agenda in the Next Trump Administration
With President-elect Trump returning to the White House and Republicans taking control of Congress, work requirements in Medicaid are likely to be back on the agenda—through federal legislation or waivers.
An issue brief highlights the history of Medicaid work requirements, describes recent state activity to advance work requirement policies, and recaps the landscape of work requirement approvals and pending requests at the end of President Trump’s first term.
An issue brief highlights the history of Medicaid work requirements, describes recent state activity to advance work requirement policies, and recaps the landscape of work requirement approvals and pending requests at the end of President Trump’s first term.
Latest News
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Anti-Fraud Efforts Meet Real-World Test During ACA Enrollment Period
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Georgians With Disabilities Are Still Being Institutionalized, Despite Federal Oversight
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TV’s Dr. Oz Invested in Businesses Regulated by Agency Trump Wants Him To Lead
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KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Trump’s Nontraditional Health Picks
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The Role Health Care Issues Played in the 2024 Election
KFF’s analysis of KFF/AP VoteCast supplemental questions shows how abortion, abortion-related ballot measures, and other health care issues influenced the 2024 election.
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Pending Lawsuits and the New Trump Administration
This brief provides an overview of current lawsuits in health policy and how they may be affected by the incoming Trump administration; and the potential implications.
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Immigration Policies and Health Under a Trump Administration
Key changes to immigration policies that may take place under the second Trump administration based on his previous record and campaign statements, and their implications for health and the economy.
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Beyond the Data, a Column by Drew Altman
In his regular Beyond the Data columns, CEO Drew Altman discusses what the data, polls, and journalism produced by KFF mean for policy and for people.