At a recent Medicaid Advisory Committee meeting, the state of Nebraska, the first in the nation to implement what will soon be a mandatory Medicaid work reporting requirement (WRR), shared the first d...

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The politicians behind Amendment 5 just put the Everything Tax on Missouri's August 4 ballot. Higher taxes on groceries, medicine, and doctor visits, so the wealthy can pay less. Add your name as a pu...

Prior to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), insurers selling coverage to individuals would deny people with serious pre-existing conditions and high-risk occupations, exclude coverage for certain services...

Grantmakers In Health is pleased to announce a call for nominations for both its Andy Hyman Award for Advocacy and Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy.

KFF estimates that, if Congress allows the enhanced premium tax credits to expire at the end of this year, ACA Marketplace enrollees on average would see their premium payments more than double next y...

Without congressional action, close to 5 million who buy their health insurance on Affordable Care Act marketplaces wouldn't be able to absorb the price hike.

A government watchdog has raised concerns about high administrative costs in Georgia's Medicaid program. The U.S.

Missouri holds a central role in the history of health care in the United States. Sixty years ago, on July 30, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson traveled to Independence, Missouri, to stand side-by-si...

A large portion of the 1.2 million jobs that could be lost nationwide in 2029 would come from the healthcare sector, like roles at hospitals, physician offices, pharmacies and long-term care providers...

No one knows better than Missouri U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley that "work requirements" are actually Medicaid cuts.

A new Center for American Progress analysis shows how House Republican health care cuts would cost many families with Medicaid, Medicare, ACA marketplace plans, and job-based coverage up to thousands ...

It is hard to articulate a justification for ballooning the federal debt in service of saving fewer lives.

A 54-year-old mechanic called Pathways to Coverage a “great program” at the governor’s press conference. But after getting kicked off the health insurance program for low-income Georgians twice, burea...

by Xiaoyu Huang, MSW Candidate; Sarah A. Eisenstein, PhD; and Timothy D. McBride, PhD, MS | May 2025 This brief explores comparisons of insurance coverage for persons living in rural and urban…

by Timothy D. McBride, PhD, MS; Sarah A. Eisenstein, PhD; and Claire Ami Pavlides, MPH Candidate | April 2025 The expansion of Medicaid in Missouri was approved by voters in Missouri through the pa…

The U.S. Congress is currently at work on a budget to set future tax and spending policy.  As the House and Senate quickly work through the process (leaders have targeted Memorial Day to complete the ...

Amid sweeping cuts to federal government health agencies by the Trump Administration, much of the public opposes cuts to funding and staffing, including some Republicans. Support of many of these cuts...

The U.S. Congress is currently at work on a budget to set future tax and spending policy.  As the House and Senate quickly work through the process (leaders have targeted Memorial Day to complete the ...

The U.S. Congress is currently at work on a budget to set future tax and spending policy.  As the House and Senate quickly work through the process (leaders have targeted Memorial Day to complete the ...

A new survey found that 11 percent of Americans said they could not pay for medication and medical treatments.

Under an emerging Republican plan to require some Medicaid recipients to work, between 4.6 million and 5.2 million adults ages 19 to 55 could lose their health care coverage, according to a new analys...

A new report found that millions could lose access to care, even though most Medicaid beneficiaries are working or should be eligible for exemptions from work requirements.

Bills sponsored by Sen. Stephen Webber and Rep. Kimberly-Ann Collins are designed to provide more oversight to state nursing homes and require certain staffing levels. They’ve made little progress.

If states end their expansion programs in response to funding cuts, spending on healthcare services would fall by nearly $80 billion and uncompensated care costs would rise by $19 billion in 2026, acc...

Click on a state below to view rates of Medicaid coverage in Metro and Small Town/Rural counties. AlabamaAlaskaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgia…

The nonpartisan bookkeeper said there’s no other way to cut $1.5 trillion from the budget over the next decade.