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Editorial note: Updated July 24, 2026 with new updates for Pennsylvania. State and federal efforts to limit abortion coverage began soon…

Key Takeaways As the 2026 midterm elections approach, health care costs remain the public’s top economic worry, and rank among…

The Medicaid program finances about 4 in 10 births in the U.S. Federal law requires states to provide pregnancy-related Medicaid…

The contraceptive implant is the most effective reversible birth control method available. Implants, along with intrauterine devices (IUDs), are known…

By the time Derion Blackman collapsed in front of a Dollar General in Kissimmee, Florida, in March, he had been…

Too sick to work? You may have to prove it. Next year, Medicaid recipients will have to start showing documentation…

A new KFF analysis finds that 3.8 million Medicare beneficiaries met the criteria to be eligible for the new Medicare…

How many people are uninsured? For the first time since 2019, the number of people without health coverage and the…

Despite the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requiring contraceptives to be covered without cost-sharing, many privately insured long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARC)…

For the first time since the enhanced premium tax credits were introduced in 2021, insurer participation in the ACA Marketplaces…

As of June 8, 2026, six carriers have announced that they will exit the ACA Marketplaces in plan year 2027,…

Approximately 59.7 million women ages 19-64 (60%) received their health coverage from employer-sponsored insurance in 2024 (Figure 1).2 Women in…

On April 30, 2026, North Carolina Governor Josh Stein signed legislation that includes Medicaid policy changes and closes an estimated…

The 2025 reconciliation law will—for the first time—require adults who are enrolled in Medicaid though the Affordable Care Act (ACA) expansion, along…

Private Coverage Despite high rates of employment, noncitizen immigrants have limited access to employer-sponsored coverage. Although most noncitizen immigrant adults…

Introduction One in four children aged 18 and under living in the U.S. has at least one immigrant parent. Policies…