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Poll: Public’s Views on Health Spending, Other Priorities for Washington
With the Trump administration and Congress looking to ways to reduce federal spending, more people favor increased spending on Medicaid and Medicare than less spending. Among potential health actions, price transparency and limiting food chemicals are seen as top priorities, but not Medicaid cuts or abortion restrictions.
Affordable care act
Coverage via Marketplace, Medicaid Expansion
In 2024, ACA enrollment (including Marketplace, Medicaid expansion, and BHP) reached 44 million, or 16.4% of the nonelderly U.S. population. From 2020-2024, enrollment in ACA coverage increased by over 60%.
Medicaid
Medicaid Expansion is a Red and Blue State Issue
This data note provides key facts on the Medicaid expansion, highlighting the financial and coverage impacts of any changes across states that voted for President Trump and those that voted for Vice President Harris.
KFF HealtH News
Trump’s Return Puts Medicaid on Chopping Block
President Trump made little mention of Medicaid during the 2024 campaign. However, Republican proposals to shrink Medicaid include moving to block grants, lowering federal matching funds, and instituting work requirements.
Potential Health Policy Administrative Actions in the Second Trump Administration
Explore our guide to potential health policy administrative actions under the incoming Trump administration based on campaign positions and statements by President Trump, his record during his first administration, and expected actions that would reverse or modify regulations or guidance issued by the Biden administration.
A Few Thoughts After Twenty-Five Years Half In and Half Out of Journalism
In his latest column, KFF’s President and CEO Drew Altman dissects a few key challenges facing journalism, observed over decades overseeing KFF’s health journalism and media programs, including launching KFF Health News as its Founding Publisher in 2009. He discusses the need for more coverage of state health policy decisions, how news can play a role in countering and not spreading misinformation, and the pros and cons of journalism awards, among other issues.
This fact sheet shares information about the World Health Organization (WHO) and U.S. government funding and engagement with WHO.
The Supreme Court will hear a case that challenges the Affordable Care Act’s preventive services provision. We explain the preventive services coverage requirements, the basis of the Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra lawsuit, and potential implications.
This volume examines misleading claims about birth control, focusing on the mischaracterization of emergency contraceptives as abortifacients, the influence of social media on patient-provider communication, and online messages that inaccurately promote fertility awareness methods as safer alternatives.
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.