Recent Policy Proposals Could Weaken the Reproductive Health Safety Net as More People Become Uninsured July 28, 2025 Issue Brief This brief looks at recent policy proposals including the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Law, the Median v. Planned Parenthood decision, and the withholding of Title X funds and how they will impact the reproductive health safety net at the same time that there is an increase in the uninsured.
Total Monthly Medicaid & CHIP Enrollment and Pre-ACA Enrollment July 25, 2025 State Indicator Medicaid Enrollment, Monthly Medicaid Enrollment, total Medicaid enrollment
KFF Health Tracking Poll: Public Finds Prior Authorization Process Difficult to Manage July 25, 2025 Poll Finding Following a pledge by insurance companies to reduce the burden of prior authorizations, KFF’s Health Tracking Poll examines the publics experience with the process. The poll finds that most view insurers’ delays and denials as a problem, and few are aware of the newly announced pledge.
A Closer Look at the $50 Billion Rural Health Fund in the New Reconciliation Law July 24, 2025 Issue Brief The new reconciliation law includes a $50 billion rural health fund. This brief describes the rural health fund, explains what the law says about the allocation of funds, and highlights outstanding questions about how the funds will be distributed across and within states to pay rural hospitals and for other purposes.
How Might Federal Medicaid Cuts in the Enacted Reconciliation Package Affect Rural Areas? July 24, 2025 Blog Under the reconciliation package, federal Medicaid spending in rural areas is estimated to decline by $137 billion, more than the $50 billion appropriated for the rural health fund.
KFF Health Tracking Poll: Public Views on Recent Tax and Budget Legislation July 24, 2025 Poll Finding KFF’s Health Tracking Poll looks at awareness and perceived impact of the tax and budget law signed by Trump in July 2025. Nearly half of the public says that they expect the new law to generally hurt them and their families, about twice the share who say it will generally help. The law itself remains largely unpopular, with many more people holding unfavorable views than favorable ones.
Poll: New Tax and Budget Law Remains Largely Unpopular; Nearly Half Say It Will Hurt Their Families, though Republicans and MAGA Supporters Are More Optimistic July 24, 2025 News Release Nearly half (46%) of the public says that they expect the new tax and budget law signed by President Trump earlier this month to generally hurt them and their families, nearly twice the share (26%) who say it will generally help, a new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds. Among people…
Allocating CBO’s Estimates of Federal Medicaid Spending Reductions Across the States: Enacted Reconciliation Package July 23, 2025 Issue Brief This analysis allocates the CBO’s estimated reduction in federal spending in the enacted reconciliation package across states based on KFF’s state-level data and where possible, prior modeling work; and shows the federal spending reductions relative to KFF’s projections of federal spending by state under current law.
