This analysis, based on findings from the 2024 KFF Women’s Health Survey, focuses on women with children ages 5 & under and their perceptions on how easy or difficult they feel it is to access a range of services that are important to the health of women and families, including maternity care, Medicaid coverage, food…
This page provides access to the reports stemming from the 50-state Medicaid budget surveys published annually since 2000 by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF). It tracks trends in Medicaid spending and enrollment, as well as Medicaid policy actions around eligibility and enrollment, provider rates, provider taxes/fees, premiums and cost-sharing, benefits and pharmacy, long-term care and…
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 report highlights certain policies in place in state Medicaid programs in FY 2024 and policy changes implemented or planned for FY 2025, which began on July 1, 2024 for most states.
Costs are limiting states’ coverage of obesity drugs and could affect other Medicaid priorities States expect national Medicaid enrollment to decline by about 4% and state Medicaid spending to rise by 7% in fiscal year (FY) 2025. These rates follow a larger but anticipated enrollment decline and state spending increase in FY 2024, as pandemic-era…More
This brief examines current Medicaid eligibility policies and enrollment patterns using data from KFF’s 2024 50-state survey of states’ eligibility and enrollment policies for seniors and people with disabilities, and 2021 Medicare and Medicaid claims data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Flu season is rapidly approaching, which means healthcare providers must ramp up their preparedness efforts. What can they do to ensure they’re ready to meet the seasonal surge in demand? Recent data from the southern hemisphere, often a forecast of what’s to come in the US, suggests that this year’s flu season will likely be…
Kidney stones are a widespread occurrence in today’s day and age. As a general trend, the incidence is especially higher in women and men in the middle age group. Most of the time, kidney stones are tiny and pass through undetected. Sometimes, they are large enough to cause an obstruction in the urinary tract and…
Young adults, particularly those ages 18-25, are more likely to be covered as dependents than adults overall (72% vs. 32%). The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires most employer plans to allow young adults to remain on a parent’s plan until age 26.
This brief provides new data from the 2024 KFF Women’s Health Survey on access to fertility care, including women’s opinions about access in their state, cost barriers, and the range of fertility services that women use.