A Closer Look at North Carolina’s Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law Medicaid Provisions and Other Changes Amid Medicaid Budget Shortfalls
On April 30, 2026, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein signed legislation that includes Medicaid policy changes and closes an estimated...
State Health Coverage for Immigrants and Implications for Health Coverage and Care
As of 2024, there were 24 million noncitizen immigrants, including lawfully present and undocumented immigrants, living in the U.S. Noncitizen...
Medicaid Mental Health and Substance Use: Expansion Trends and the Fiscal Pressure Ahead
Medicaid is a major source of financing for mental health and substance use disorder care. It covers nearly one-third of...
Recent Changes to Temporary Protected Status Designations: Potential Impacts on Health and Health Care
Introduction The Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program was established in 1990 and allows the Secretary of Homeland Security to designate...
What Are the Recent Trends in Employer-Based Health Coverage?
Employer-sponsored health insurance is the largest source of health coverage for people under 65, covering 165.6 million people in March...
Key Facts about the Uninsured Population
How many people are uninsured? For the first time since 2019, the number of people without health coverage and the...
Cost Concerns and Coverage Changes: A Follow-Up Survey of ACA Marketplace Enrollees
About the Survey At the end of 2025, despite a government shutdown over the policy, the enhanced premium tax credits...
Medicaid Postpartum Coverage Extension Tracker
The Medicaid program finances about 4 in 10 births in the U.S. Federal law requires states to provide pregnancy-related Medicaid...
Most Medicare Beneficiaries Affected by Plan Terminations in 2025 Have Robust Medicare Advantage Options in 2026
After years of rapid increases, Medicare Advantage enrollment growth slowed in 2025, a trend that continued in 2026. The number...
Oral Contraceptive Pills: Access and Availability
The 2022 KFF Women’s Health Survey found that one-third (33%) of female hormonal contraceptive users have missed taking their birth...
