Policy Watch
Quick-hitting policy analysis, polling, and updates on the key issues facing the country.
Will the Trump Administration Fast Track the Privatization of Medicare?
The privatization of Medicare has been taking place without much public debate – a trend that has implications for the 68 million people covered by Medicare, health care providers, Medicare spending, and taxpayers. It’s not yet clear whether the administration will promote policies to accelerate the privatization of Medicare or focus more on achieving efficiencies and savings within Medicare Advantage, or pursue policies that aim to achieve both. How this plays out will have implications for beneficiaries, health care providers and insurers, and is worthy of serious debate.
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Who Might Lose Eligibility for Affordable Care Act Marketplace Subsidies if Enhanced Tax Credits Are Not Extended?
This analysis looks at the individual market enrollees who make at least four times the federal poverty level who would no longer be eligible for any tax credits if the current ACA Marketplace enhanced subsidies expire at the end of this year. Compared to other people with similar incomes, these enrollees are more likely to be early retirees, self-employed and living in rural areas.
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The Outlook for PEPFAR in 2025 and Beyond
PEPFAR, the U.S. global HIV/AIDS program, is – for the first time in its two-decade history – facing significant challenges that could impede its ability to fulfill its mission. This policy brief provides an overview of recent events and ongoing challenges facing the program.
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President Trump’s Executive Order on Gender Affirming Care: Responses by Providers, States, and Litigation
This Policy Watch reviews the key provisions of President Trump’s Executive Order that aim to restrict youth access to gender affirming care and examines state and legal responses.
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How Much Global Health Funding Goes Through USAID?
This analysis highlights USAID’s role in global health and shows that the agency provided the vast majority of the nation’s global health assistance for other countries in 2023 (about $6.2 billion or 73% of the total bilateral global health funding that year).
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The Status of President Trump’s Pause of Foreign Aid and Implications for PEPFAR and other Global Health Programs
This policy watch provides an overview of the Trump administration’s executive order to pause all foreign aid programs, including for global health, and related actions to date.
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