A Déjà Vu Moment for Women’s Health Research
In this column for Nature, KFF’s Alina Salganicoff reviews efforts to improve women’s health research during previous U.S. administrations that...
Which States Will Be Affected by Key Medicaid Provisions in the 2025 Reconciliation Law?
Amidst challenging fiscal conditions and upcoming national and state elections, states are working to implement major federal changes to Medicaid....
State Fiscal Conditions: Context on Medicaid Budgets for FY 2027
Medicaid is the primary program providing comprehensive health and long-term care to one in five people living in the U.S. and accounts for nearly $1 out of every...
A Closer Look at the $50 Billion Rural Health Transformation Program
Structure The rural health fund will provide $50 billion in grants to states over five years. The rural health fund...
5 Questions and Answers About Medicaid and Provider Taxes
The 2025 reconciliation law imposes significant new restrictions on states’ ability to generate Medicaid provider tax revenue, including prohibiting all...
At Least 37 States Have Medicaid State Directed Payments for Hospital Services That Could Be Reduced by the 2025 Reconciliation Law Limits
The 2025 reconciliation law reduced federal Medicaid spending by an estimated $911 billion from 2025 through 2034, some of which...
Analysis: At Least 37 States Have Medicaid State Directed Payments for Hospital Services That Could Be Reduced by the 2025 Reconciliation Law Limits
An estimated $60 billion in federal Medicaid spending in 37 states (including the District of Columbia) would likely exceed new...
Decoding Medicare Advantage Coding Intensity
In recent years, federal payments to Medicare Advantage plans, and how they are adjusted for enrollee health status, have come...
Medicare Will Spend More Than $13 Billion on the Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus Program in 2026
The Medicare Advantage quality bonus program, established by the Affordable Care Act, increases Medicare payments to Medicare Advantage plans that...
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...
