This issue brief provides an overview of the decennial census and discusses potential implications of the changes outlined in ...

Rural voters’ frustrations about the cost of living in their community are growing and appear to be chipping away at Republicans’ enthusiasm to vote as the midterm elections near, a new KFF/AP Survey ...

The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Medicaid expansion expanded Medicaid coverage to nearly all adults with incomes up to 138% of the Federal Poverty Level ($21,597 for an individual in 2025) and provided ...

Section 1115 Medicaid demonstration waivers offer states an avenue to test new approaches in Medicaid that differ from what is required by federal statute, if [in the HHS Secretary’s view] the ...

The 2025 reconciliation law requires states to condition Medicaid eligibility for adults in the ACA Medicaid expansion group on meeting work requirements starting January 1, 2027; however, states have ...

Editorial Note: The Policy Actions tracker will no longer be updated as the data source has ceased tracking government responses to COVID-19. For more information, please visit the Oxford Covid-19 ...

The 2025 reconciliation law, once called the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” signed by President Trump on July 4, 2025, requires 44 states (including DC) to condition Medicaid eligibility for adults in the ...

Editorial Note: This brief was updated on September 29, 2026, to include the latest KFF polling data. It was originally published on December 14, 2021. For many years, KFF polling has found that the ...

50-state survey of Medicaid eligibility and enrollment policies: ...

states impose professional or legal penalties on health care practitioners providing minors with GAC State laws and policies prohibiting or restricting minor access to gender affirming care have ...

Drew Altman is founding president and chief executive officer of KFF, a position he has held for more than 30 years since founding the modern day KFF organization in the 1990s. He is a leading expert ...

This brief was updated on September 24, 2026, to reflect the status of four abortion-related ballot initiatives on the 2026 ballot. Nebraska’s initiative did not qualify for the 2026 ballot. This ...