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Proposed Changes to Demographic Data Collection in the Census Could Impact Efforts to Address Health and Health Care Disparities

This issue brief provides an overview of the decennial census and discusses potential implications of the changes outlined in ...
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Uninsured Adults With Multiple Conditions Struggle the Most to Afford and Access Care

Adults with multiple or complex health conditions, who already face unique physical and mental challenges, commonly struggle ...
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KFF/AP Survey Probes Rural Voters’ Increasing Anxieties About the Rising Cost of Living, Including Health Costs, Heading into the Midterm Elections

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 ...
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Poll: People Without a Trusted Health Care Provider Are More Likely to Endorse Vaccine Myths, As Are Those Who Often Use Social Media or AI for Health Information

People who don’t have a trusted health care provider are more likely than people with one to believe or lean toward believing several common myths about vaccines, a new KFF Tracking Poll on Health ...
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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 $5 spent on health care. Medicaid is ...
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Abortion on the 2026 Ballot: The Evolving Landscape of State Abortion Initiatives

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 ...
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Overview of Health Coverage and Care for Individuals with Limited English Proficiency (LEP)

As of 2024, approximately 28.5 million people in the United States ages five and older have limited English proficiency (LEP). The federal government defines people with LEP as those who do not speak ...
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Jennifer Tolbert

Jennifer Tolbert is the deputy director of the Program on Medicaid and the Uninsured and the director of State Health Policy and Data. She directs research and policy analysis on Medicaid eligibility ...
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The Facts About Medicare Spending

This interactive provides the facts on Medicare spending. Medicare, which serves 70 million people and accounts for 14 percent of the federal budget and 21 percent of national health spending, is at ...
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Medicaid Waiver Tracker: Approved and Pending Section 1115 Waivers by State

*Indicates that state has not adopted the <a href="https://www.kff.org/medicaid/issue-brief/status-of-state-medicaid-expansion-decisions-interactive-map/&quot; target ...
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Medicaid/CHIP Monthly Enrollment Tracker

Note: The data presented below are updated monthly as new Medicaid/CHIP enrollment data become available. This tracker presents the most recent data on monthly Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance ...
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Alina Salganicoff

Alina Salganicoff is a senior vice president and the director of the Women’s Health Policy Program at KFF. Her work focuses on health policies affecting women throughout their lifespans, with an ...