KFF Health Tracking Poll: Public Views on Recent Tax and Budget Legislation
KFF’s Health Tracking Poll looks at awareness and perceived impact of the tax and budget…
KFF Health Tracking Poll: Public Views on Recent Tax and Budget Legislation
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…
Watch: What Are Medicaid Work Requirements?
President Donald Trump signed legislation that mandates some Medicaid recipients prove they’re working, volunteering, or completing other qualifying activities at least 80 hours a month to maintain coverage. This applies to 40 states (plus Washington, D.C.) that have expanded Medicaid to a broader pool of low-income adults. Those states will share $200 million to prepare…
Tribal Health Officials Work To Fill Vaccination Gaps as Measles Outbreak Spreads
RAPID CITY, S.D. — Cassandra Palmier had been meaning to get her son the second and final dose of the measles vaccine. But car problems made it difficult to get to the doctor. So she pounced on the opportunity to get him vaccinated after learning that a mobile clinic would be visiting her neighborhood. “I…
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
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 who rely on Medicaid for…More
Aidoc Rakes In $150M for Its Clinical Decision Support AI
Israeli clinical AI startup Aidoc raised $150 million in a funding round led by General Catalyst and Square Peg, with participation from four U.S. health systems. The company has more than 150 health system customers. The post Aidoc Rakes In $150M for Its Clinical Decision Support AI appeared first on MedCity News.
Talkspace, Tia Health Launch Women’s Mental Health Partnership
Through a new partnership, Tia Health’s primary care providers can now refer women in need of mental health support to Talkspace, where they can access therapy and psychiatric services. The post Talkspace, Tia Health Launch Women’s Mental Health Partnership appeared first on MedCity News.
Quality adjusted life years: A history
Most health economists people know quality adjusted life years (QALYs) are. But why are they so widely used in the United Kingdom, but not in the United States? A paper by MacKillop and Sheard (2018) provides an interesting history of the QALY and is worth a read. For QALYs to be useful there first had…
A Continuing Saga: Ending Abortion Restrictions in States with Constitutional Protections
This policy watch provides an update on the status of abortion restrictions in states that passed a constitutional amendment protecting abortion, or where a state court previously interpreted the state constitution as protecting abortion access.
The Myth of All-American Drugs and What Trump’s Tariffs Miss About Pharma Supply Chains
Pharmaceutical tariffs are coming, part of President Trump’s stated goal of bringing drug manufacturing back to the U.S. Untangling the sprawling, global supply chain will be complicated and expensive, and could inadvertently compete with other administration goals regarding drug pricing and availability. The post The Myth of All-American Drugs and What Trump’s Tariffs Miss About…
Allocating CBO’s Estimates of Federal Medicaid Spending Reductions Across the States: Enacted Reconciliation Package
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.
