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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A First Look at Medicare Advantage Plans Offered in 2025
The average Medicare beneficiary can choose among plans offered by eight firms in 2025. Three new insurers entered the Medicare Advantage market in 2025, while eight firms exited the market in 2025.
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Distrust in Food Safety and Social Media Content Moderation
The latest Health Misinformation Monitor addresses rising distrust in food safety, shifts in social media content moderation, and the trend of self-diagnosis and treatment based on social media videos.
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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.