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U.S. Global Health Country-Level Funding Tracker
This tracker provides U.S. global health funding data by program area and country. It will be updated as new data become available.
POSTED DECEMBER 15, 2025 2:55 PM |
Americans’ Challenges with Health Care Costs
This data note reviews our recent polling data that finds that many Americans struggle to afford many aspects of health care, including disproportionate shares of uninsured adults, Black and Hispanic adults and those with lower incomes.
POSTED DECEMBER 11, 2025 3:30 PM |
KFF Health Tracking Poll: Health Care Costs in the Current Moment of Economic Anxiety
As economic anxiety rises, KFF's Health Tracking Poll finds that younger adult, LGBT adults, Hispanic adults, and adults with modest incomes are among groups most likely to report difficulty earning a living and affording health care. Large shares of those who are uninsured or purchase their own insurance also report challenges earning a living and paying for care.
POSTED DECEMBER 11, 2025 3:00 PM |
Trump Administration Actions to Curb Data Collection Related to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI)
This brief describes Trump Administration efforts to scale back or modify data collection on sexual orientation and gender identity variables in federal surveys. It specifically focuses on changes in three national surveys that are representative of these efforts: the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS), the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS), and the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS).
POSTED DECEMBER 11, 2025 2:44 PM |
Recent Trends in Commercial Health Insurance Market Concentration
Commercial health insurance markets remain highly concentrated across coverage types. However, the individual market, which consists mostly of the ACA Marketplaces, has attracted more insurers and witnessed greater insurer competition across a variety of measures since the implementation of the enhanced premium tax credits in 2021, according to a new Healthy System Tracker analysis.
POSTED DECEMBER 11, 2025 1:59 PM |
CDC Vaccine Panel Ends Universal Hepatitis B Recommendation and Reviews Aluminum in Vaccines, Plus Public Awareness of Mifepristone Safety — The Monitor
This volume shares updates from the most recent CDC advisory panel meeting, changes to the CDC webpage on autism and vaccines, and polling on trust in news organizations. Additionally, it shares recent developments in AI and social media policy and new KFF poll findings about perceptions of mifepristone’s safety and prevalence.
POSTED DECEMBER 11, 2025 1:00 PM |
Tracking Key Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Actions Under the Trump Administration
A new KFF tracker highlights key federal policy actions during President Trump’s second term that concern issues related to mental health and substance use. The second Trump administration has emphasized law-and-order strategies and scaled back several mental health and substance use-related services, while also continuing some treatment-focused initiatives. The tracker can be viewed in multiple ways, including chronological order of policy actions and by category (Mental Health; Opioids/Substance Use Disorder; Federal Infrastructure/ Data/Guidance; and Gun Violence).
POSTED DECEMBER 10, 2025 6:05 PM |
Medicare Advantage 2026 Spotlight: A First Look at Plan Premiums and Benefits
This brief provides an overview of premiums and benefits in Medicare Advantage plans that are available for 2026 and key trends over time.
POSTED DECEMBER 09, 2025 1:29 PM |
Medicare Advantage 2026 Spotlight: A First Look at Plan Offerings
This brief provides an overview of the Medicare Advantage plans that are available for 2026 and key trends over time. In 2026, the average Medicare beneficiary has a choice of 32 Medicare Advantage prescription drug (MA-PD) plans, two fewer than the 34 in 2025. Virtually all Medicare Advantage plans for 2026 provide multiple extra benefits like vision, hearing, and dental benefits, similar to last year.
POSTED DECEMBER 09, 2025 1:29 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 DECEMBER 08, 2025 6:26 PM |
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