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This brief analyzes Medicaid enrollment and spending trends for FY 2024 and FY 2025, based on data provided by state Medicaid directors as part of the 24th annual survey of Medicaid directors.

This brief provides an overview of the DACA program, discusses its status and potential impacts of the ACA Marketplace expansion to DACA recipients, and highlights key issues to consider.

This issue brief discusses 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.

This Health Policy 101 chapter explores LGBTQ+ people’s identities and demographics, their experiences with health and health care, including the significant disparities, and the related health policy landscape.

This brief analyzes the different types of coverage that people with Medicare have and the demographic characteristics of Medicare beneficiaries with these different coverage types.

Abby Wolk is a research associate for both the Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the Program on Medicare Policy at KFF. Previously she worked as a research associate at NORC at the University of Chicago. At NORC, she assisted with processing and analyzing Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey data…

Julian Montalvo III is a research assistant for the Public Opinion and Survey Research Program at KFF. Previously, he was a research intern at the Migration Policy Institute. He holds a bachelor’s degree in government and philosophy from The University of Texas at Austin.

Each year, Medicare beneficiaries have an opportunity to make changes to how they receive their Medicare coverage during the nearly 8-week annual open enrollment period. This brief answers key questions about the Medicare open enrollment period and Medicare coverage options.

This analysis examines disparities in access to air condition and their implications. It shows Asian-, Black-, and Hispanic-led households are more likely to report not having an air conditioning unit in their home compared to White households. Lower income households also are more likely than higher-income households to report this and other challenges.

This analysis uses 2022 data from the American Hospital Association (AHA) Annual Survey Database to present the number and share of hospital workers by occupation who may not be covered by the federal protections against non-compete agreements because they work for a non-profit hospital.