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Designating English as the Official Language of the United States Could Impact Millions with Limited English Proficiency
This issue brief provides an overview of Executive Order (EO) 14224 designating English as the official language of the United States and its potential implications for multilingual resources, including data on the shares of individuals with LEP across different socioeconomic characteristics based on KFF analysis of 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) data.
POSTED OCTOBER 10, 2025 2:26 PM |
KFF/The Washington Post Survey of Parents
The KFF-Washington Post partnership Survey of Parents explores experiences and views pertaining to childhood vaccines. The Survey of Parents also sheds light on school vaccination requirements, views on federal health agencies and policy changes, and the views of parents with children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. This poll comes as the Trump administration revamps federal policies, and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to question the childhood vaccine schedule.
POSTED OCTOBER 10, 2025 10:00 AM |
How Much do People with Employer Plans Spend Out-of-Pocket on Cost-Sharing?
This Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker chart collection examines trends in employee spending on deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance from 2012 to 2023 using a sample of health benefit claims for individuals under 65.
POSTED OCTOBER 09, 2025 8:40 PM |
From Margins to Mainstream: How Amplification May Be Giving Misinformation New Reach
Efforts to correct misinformation can unintentionally amplify it by increasing engagement, repetition, and visibility. During times of low trust, even debunked claims can erode confidence in health institutions. Communicators can limit amplification by focusing on verified facts, using prebunking and strategic debunking, and strengthening trust with credible messengers.
POSTED OCTOBER 09, 2025 5:04 PM |
Impacts of Recent Federal and State Actions on Natural Disaster Preparedness and Response on Health
As climate change-related disasters worsen, the federal government’s shrinking of emergency and disaster preparedness support to state and local governments may leave millions of people vulnerable and unable to recover from natural disasters.
POSTED OCTOBER 09, 2025 3:50 PM |
Debunked Autism Claims Resurface After Press Conference, And Supreme Court to Hear Cases on Conversion Therapy and School Vaccine Mandates — The Monitor
This volume analyzes false narratives about autism rates in Cuba and among Amish people in the U.S.; health-related cases before the Supreme Court, including challenges to bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors and school vaccine mandates; and the limitations of AI chatbots as primary sources of health information.
POSTED OCTOBER 09, 2025 12:00 PM |
Poll: After President Trump’s Warning, Many People Are Uncertain About Whether Tylenol Use in Pregnancy Causes Autism; Most Republicans Say It Is Probably or Definitely True
Following the Trump administration’s warning last month that using acetaminophen – the active ingredient in Tylenol – during pregnancy can increase the risk of autism in children, very few (4%) adults say the claim about a causal relationship is “definitely true,” a new KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust finds.
POSTED OCTOBER 09, 2025 9:00 AM |
KFF Tracking Poll on Health Information and Trust: Tylenol-Autism Link and Vaccine Policies
Following the Trump administration’s warning last month that using acetaminophen – the active ingredient in Tylenol – during pregnancy can increase the risk of autism in children, very few adults say the claim about a causal relationship is “definitely true,” though much of the public is uncertain whether to believe it. Trust in the CDC to provide reliable vaccine information has fallen to a new low.
POSTED OCTOBER 09, 2025 9:00 AM |
Recent Trump Administration Policies that Impact Health Coverage and Care for Immigrant Families
issue brief provides an overview of actions by the Trump administration and Congress that are likely to affect lawfully present immigrants’ access to health coverage and care, including new restrictions on eligibility for coverage and services as well as changes in immigration enforcement and other policies.
POSTED OCTOBER 08, 2025 4:25 PM |
Global COVID-19 Tracker
This tracker provides data on global COVID-19 cases and deaths by country, region, and income-level. Additionally, the tracker reports current closure, economic, and health system policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic globally. This tracker will be updated as new data are available.
POSTED OCTOBER 07, 2025 8:31 PM |
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Journalists Dig Into Government Shutdown and Rural Doctor Drought
KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.
POSTED OCTOBER 11, 2025 9:00 AM |
Senators Press Deloitte, Other Contractors on Errors in Medicaid Eligibility Systems
As contractors position themselves to cash in on a gush of new business managing Medicaid work requirements, a cadre of senators has launched an inquiry into the companies paid billions to build eligibility systems.
POSTED OCTOBER 10, 2025 3:05 PM |
KFF Health News' 'What the Health?': Starting To Feel the Shutdown’s Bite
The government shutdown continues with no end in sight, and while it theoretically should not affect entitlement programs, the lapse of some related authorizations — like for Medicare telehealth programs — is leaving some doctors and patients high and dry. Meanwhile, the FDA quietly approved a new generic abortion pill. Sarah Karlin-Smith of Pink Sheet, Tami Luhby of CNN, and Alice Miranda Ollstein of Politico join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also, Rovner interviews Sarah Grusin of the National Health Law Program.
POSTED OCTOBER 09, 2025 7:30 PM |
Partido Republicano vincula falsamente cierre del gobierno con el supuesto intento de los demócratas de ofrecer atención médica a todos los inmigrantes
El presidente Donald Trump, el presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Mike Johnson, y miembros republicanos del Congreso han repetido esto una y otra vez.
POSTED OCTOBER 07, 2025 5:32 PM |
Why Democrats Are Casting the Government Shutdown as a Health Care Showdown
Democrats are pressuring Republicans to extend billions of dollars in federal tax credits that have dramatically lowered premiums and contributed to record-low rates of uninsured Americans. It’s a chance to talk about a winning issue — and maybe regain support from working-class voters.
POSTED OCTOBER 06, 2025 8:21 PM |
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