How Build Back Better Would Affect Drug Costs December 8, 2021 Slide Provisions in the bill that would lower prescription drug costs and reduce federal drug spending would take effect over the next several years, starting in 2023.
State Restrictions on Telehealth Abortion December 2, 2021 Slide If Roe v. Wade is overturned, many states will quickly move to restrict or ban abortions. People seeking an abortion who live in those states may be able to access medication abortion via telehealth if their state does not restrict it and if they are within the first 10 weeks of pregnancy.
The Legal Battle Against Federal Vaccine Mandates November 18, 2021 Slide Twenty-seven states have joined lawsuits challenging at least one aspect of the Biden administration’s vaccination requirements, but the vast majority are part of multiple lawsuits.
The Challenge of Reaching the Unvaccinated November 11, 2021 Slide Across eight news sources tested, fewer than a third of unvaccinated adults trust any of them for information on COVID-19.
10 Years of Hospital Readmissions Penalties November 4, 2021 Slide Over the 10-year lifetime of a Medicare program aimed at reducing hospital readmissions, 93% of eligible hospitals have been penalized at least once. Hospital readmissions have become less frequent, and most experts attribute that partly to the financial threat of the penalties, though other factors likely contributed to the improvements.
Richer Health Insurance Subsidies Available This ACA Enrollment Season October 28, 2021 Slide Many people who come to the Affordable Care Act marketplaces for the 2022 open enrollment period, which begins Nov. 1, may be learning for the first time about new financial assistance available to them.
Most Medicare Beneficiaries Don’t Shop Around for Coverage October 21, 2021 Slide About 7 in 10 beneficiaries say they did not compare plans during a recent open enrollment period, and some groups were even less likely to do so. Those groups include some who could be most affected by plan changes from year to year.
Limited Access to Paid Family Leave October 14, 2021 Slide Most people will need to take time off work to care for themselves or their families at some point, but only one in five (21%) workers have access to paid family leave through their employer. Congress is considering creating a universal paid family and medical leave program as part of the Build Back Better Act.
A Look at Parental Consent and COVID-19 Vaccination for Adolescents May 28, 2021 Slide Most states require parental consent at this point, though the landscape may be shifting slightly as more jurisdictions seek to encourage vaccination of young people. Parents and parental consent laws will play a critical role in the COVID-19 vaccination effort to reach children in the U.S., particularly as authorization moves to even younger ages.
Prior to Authorization, Three in Ten Parents Would Get Their 12-15 Year Old Child Vaccinated Against COVID-19 ASAP May 12, 2021 Slide Before the FDA expanded the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization for 12 to 15 year olds this week, the latest KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor reported that 30 percent of parents of children ages 12 to 15 said they would get their child vaccinated right away.
