Early Medicaid Work Requirement Insights From Nebraska
On May 1, 2026, Nebraska became the first state to enforce new Medicaid work requirements. The 2025 reconciliation law requires states to condition...
How Has Projected Medicaid Spending and Enrollment Changed Since Passage of the 2025 Reconciliation Law?
The Congressional Budget Office (CBO), known as Congress’s “scorekeeper,” projects federal spending and revenues over the next decade and cost...
Medicaid/CHIP Monthly Enrollment Tracker | KFF
Note: The data presented below are updated monthly as new Medicaid/CHIP enrollment data become available. This tracker presents the most...
Medicare Part D Enrollment, Premiums, and Cost Sharing in 2026
The average monthly premium decreased for PDPs in 2026, but the premium for Part D coverage is still substantially higher...
Medicare Advantage in 2026: Enrollment Update and Key Trends
Enrollment in Medicare Advantage, the private plan alternative to traditional Medicare, has increased steadily over the past two decades, with...
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...
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...
ACA Marketplace Enrollment is Down in 2026—But All of the Data Isn’t in Yet
2026 marks the first year since 2020 that enrollees in the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces do not have access to...
State-Based Efforts Will Provide Limited Relief from Enhanced Tax Credit Expiration
After failed Senate votes late last year and no subsequent bipartisan agreement, the enhanced premium tax credits expired as of January 1. Some states, particularly those operating...
Recent Trends in Commercial Health Insurance Market Concentration
Commercial health insurance markets remain highly concentrated across coverage types. However, the individual market, which consists mostly of the ACA...
