Cost Sharing Requirements Could Have Implications for Medicaid Expansion Enrollees With Higher Health Care Needs
This brief uses 2021 Medicaid claims data to examine utilization among Medicaid expansion adults and…
Cost Sharing Requirements Could Have Implications for Medicaid Expansion Enrollees With Higher Health Care Needs
This brief uses 2021 Medicaid claims data to examine utilization among Medicaid expansion adults and estimate how much cost sharing these enrollees could be required to pay under the new requirement if all states imposed the maximum cost sharing amounts. This is an illustrative analysis intended to describe which enrollees may be subject to the…
Thune Says Health Care Often ‘Comes With a Job.’ The Reality’s Not Simple or Straightforward.
“A lot of times, health care comes with a job.” Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), in an interview with KOTA on May 30, 2025 Millions of people are expected to lose access to Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplace health insurance plans if federal lawmakers approve the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, President Donald Trump’s domestic…
Kennedy’s Vaccine Advisers Sow Doubts as Scientists Protest US Pivot on Shots
As fired and retired scientists rallied outside in the Atlanta heat, an advisory panel that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. handpicked to replace experts he’d fired earlier met inside the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s headquarters to plan a more skeptical vaccine future. The new members of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices began their…
Too Sick To Work, Some Americans Worry Trump’s Bill Will Strip Their Health Insurance
Stephanie Ivory counts on Medicaid to get treated for gastrointestinal conditions and a bulging disc that makes standing or sitting for long periods painful. Her disabilities keep her from working, she said. Ivory, 58, of Columbus, Ohio, believes she would be exempt from a requirement that adult Medicaid recipients work, but she worries about the…
20% of the economy will be spent on health care by 2033
CMS’s Office of the Actuary predicts that national healthcare expenditures (NHE) will increase from 17.6% of GDP in 2023 to 20.3% of GDP by 2033. The Keehan et al. (2025) paper provides more details: National health expenditures are projected to have grown 8.2 percent in 2024 and to increase 7.1 percent in 2025, reflecting continued…
Certify Raises $40M To Advance Healthcare Provider Data Infrastructure
Certify’s $40 million round was led by Transformation Capital, and included support from General Catalyst, Upfront Ventures and SemperVirens. The post Certify Raises $40M To Advance Healthcare Provider Data Infrastructure appeared first on MedCity News.
Vor Bio Reinvents Itself as an Autoimmune Biotech With In-Licensed Phase 3 Asset and $175M in Funding
Vor Bio is licensing global rights a fusion protein that inhibits two targets to potentially treat the neuromuscular disorder generalized myasthenia gravis. It’s a pivot for Vor, which last month ceased its cancer R&D and announced it would explore strategic alternatives. The post Vor Bio Reinvents Itself as an Autoimmune Biotech With In-Licensed Phase 3…
The Implications of Federal SNAP Spending Cuts on Individuals with Medicaid, Medicare and Other Health Coverage
Proposed changes in eligibility rules in both SNAP and Medicaid may jeopardize some people’s access to both adequate food and health care if various provisions of the bill take effect, in part because there is a significant overlap in eligibility requirements for Medicaid and SNAP across states. Four in 10 (40%) Medicaid enrollees receive SNAP…
KFF Health News’ ‘What the Health?’: Live From Aspen — Governors and an HHS Secretary Sound Off
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly health policy news podcast, “What the Health?” A noted expert on health policy issues, Julie is the author of the critically praised reference book “Health Care Politics and Policy A…
What Could the Health-Related Provisions in the Reconciliation Bill Mean for Older Adults?
The Trump Administration and Congress are moving quickly to pass legislation that could have significant implications for health coverage of older Americans. The House-passed reconciliation bill awaiting action by the full Senate, known as the One Big Beautiful Bill, includes several provisions that would affect health insurance coverage and well-being of older adults ages 50…
