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...
House Appropriations Committee Releases FY 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor HHS) Appropriations Bill & Accompanying Report
The House Appropriations Committee released its Fiscal Year 2027 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor HHS)...
When Minutes Matter, What Is AI’s Role?
Transcript AI Usage Disclosure: This transcript was created with assistance from AI tools. It was reviewed and edited by KFF Staff. Chip Kahn: In...
House Appropriations Committee Releases FY 2027 National Security, Department of State and Related Programs (NSRP) Appropriations Bill
Note: This resource was originally published on April 27, 2026 and has been updated to reflect additional information. The House...
Breaking Down the U.S. Global Health Budget by Program Area
This fact sheet provides a historical overview of U.S. funding for global health by program area over the past decade....
Domestic HIV Funding in the White House FY2027 Budget Request
President Trump’s FY 2027 budget request, the second of his second term, was released on April 3, 2026, and proposes...
5 Key Facts About Medicaid Prescription Drugs
Medicaid is the primary program providing comprehensive health and long-term care to low-income people, including access to prescription drugs to treat acute problems...
Hospital Spending Accounted for 40% of the Growth in National Health Spending Between 2022 and 2024
Introduction National spending on health has increased rapidly over time—rising to $5.3 trillion and 18% of GDP in 2024—and is...
Global Health Funding in the FY 2026 National Security, Department of State and Related Programs (NSRP) Conference Bill & Explanatory Statement
On January 11, 2026, the Appropriations Committee released the FY 2026 National Security, Department of State and Related Programs (NSRP)...
