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Medicaid Waiver Tracker: Approved and Pending Section 1115 Waivers by State
Section 1115 Medicaid waivers can allow states to test new approaches in Medicaid that differ from what is required by federal law. This page tracks approved and pending waiver provisions (including expansions and restrictions) related to eligibility, benefits, and social determinants of health and other delivery system reforms.
POSTED NOVEMBER 24, 2025 9:38 PM |
Abortion in the United States Dashboard
The Abortion in the U.S. Dashboard is an ongoing research project tracking state abortion policies and litigation following the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
POSTED NOVEMBER 24, 2025 5:56 PM |
Policy Tracker: Exceptions to State Abortion Bans and Early Gestational Limits
This policy tracker documents
exceptions in each state’s most restrictive gestational limit or total ban.
POSTED NOVEMBER 24, 2025 4:20 PM |
Fake AI-Generated Videos Perpetuate Stereotypes About SNAP Recipients, And New KFF Poll Looks at Belief in the False Claim That Undocumented Immigrants Are Eligible for ACA Coverage — The Monitor
This volume examines how AI-generated videos contributed to false narratives about SNAP recipients; findings from KFF’s Health Tracking Poll on beliefs about undocumented immigrants’ ACA eligibility; how a new film amplifies false vaccine claims; Louisiana’s delayed whooping cough response; medical education efforts to address shame; and teens’ distrust of news media.
POSTED NOVEMBER 24, 2025 1:00 PM |
The New ACA Repeal and Replace: Health Savings Accounts
Proposals from some Republicans in Congress would effectively repeal some or all of the ACA premium tax credits and replace them with contributions to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) or something similar. Senator Rick Scott proposes “Trump Health Freedom Accounts” and Senator Bill Cassidy proposes HSA contributions available only for people who enroll in bronze level ACA plans to pay for out-of-pocket health care costs.
POSTED NOVEMBER 21, 2025 10:23 PM |
Status of Abortion Litigation in State Courts
This State and Federal Reproductive Rights Litigation tracker aggregates information about ongoing litigation regarding abortion bans and restrictions, FDA approval of Mifepristone (an abortion pill) and other federal regulations.
POSTED NOVEMBER 21, 2025 8:17 PM |
Refugees and Asylees: Recent Changes in Access to Health Coverage and Other Assistance
This issue brief provides an overview of refugees and asylees in the U.S., trends in refugee and asylee admissions using data from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and recent changes in eligibility for assistance programs for refugees and asylees.
POSTED NOVEMBER 21, 2025 2:19 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 NOVEMBER 20, 2025 10:29 PM |
Litigation Involving Reproductive Health and Rights in the Federal Courts
This State and Federal Reproductive Rights Litigation tracker aggregates information about ongoing litigation regarding abortion bans and restrictions, FDA approval of Mifepristone (an abortion pill) and other federal regulations.
POSTED NOVEMBER 20, 2025 8:16 PM |
Tracking Key HHS Public Health Policy Actions Under the Trump Administration
This resource chronologically lists and briefly describes key actions taken by the Trump Administration through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that affect public health in the U.S. The actions are listed in the order in which they were first issued, reported or announced.
POSTED NOVEMBER 20, 2025 8:15 PM |
Insurance Archives - KFF Health News
Las quejas sobre deficiencias en Medicare Advantage son comunes, pero la supervisión federal es rara
Documentos gubernamentales obtenidos por KFF Health News muestran que la agencia que supervisa Medicare Advantage no se esfuerza por hacer cumplir normas vigentes.
POSTED NOVEMBER 21, 2025 2:40 PM |
After Series of Denials, His Insurer Approved Doctor-Recommended Cancer Care. It Was Too Late.
Eric Tennant’s doctors recommended histotripsy, which would target, and potentially destroy, a cancerous tumor in his liver. But by the time his insurer approved the treatment, Tennant was no longer considered a good candidate. He died in September.
POSTED NOVEMBER 21, 2025 10:00 AM |
What the Health? From KFF Health News: The GOP Circles the Wagons on ACA
Republicans are solidifying their opposition to extending pandemic-era subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans and seem to be coalescing around giving money directly to consumers to spend on health care. Meanwhile, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continues to leave his mark on the agency, with the CDC altering its website to suggest childhood vaccines could play a role in causing autism. Paige Winfield Cunningham of The Washington Post, Joanne Kenen of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Politico Magazine, and Shefali Luthra of The 19th join KFF Health News’ Julie Rovner to discuss those stories and more. Also this week, Rovner interviews Avik Roy.
POSTED NOVEMBER 20, 2025 7:40 PM |
Complaints About Gaps in Medicare Advantage Networks Are Common. Federal Enforcement Is Rare.
Health systems drop out of Medicare Advantage plans all the time. Yet government documents obtained by KFF Health News show that federal regulators rarely warn plans that their networks of health providers are so skimpy they violate legal requirements.
POSTED NOVEMBER 20, 2025 10:00 AM |
Paciente evita la enfermedad de Lyme, pero recibe una factura sorpresa
El personal de una clínica de urgencias encontró otra garrapata en el cuerpo de Leah durante esa visita. Pero su aseguradora no quiso pagar por el tratamiento.
POSTED NOVEMBER 18, 2025 1:08 PM |
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