In anticipation of the Medicare annual open enrollment period, which runs from October 15 to December 7, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released information about ...

This analysis finds that Medicaid covered over 1 in 4 SSDI applicants and beneficiaries waiting to become eligible for ...

Employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI) is the primary source of health coverage for working non-elderly adults, but adults working part time (fewer than 35 hours per week) have less access to these ...

KFF’s health policy research and polling spans 18 major topic areas (indicated in bold below), and many subjects in between.

The provision of abortion is currently banned in 13 states and 6 states have early gestational limits between 6 weeks and 12 weeks in effect. Nearly all of these bans include exceptions, which ...

Originally published on July 29, 2026, this brief has been updated to reflect newer guidance on the medical frailty exclusion from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). SSI is a ...

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 ...

Federal law requires most private health insurance plans and Medicaid programs to cover the full cost of recommended immunizations for adults with no cost-sharing. Vaccine and booster recommendations ...

Medicare Advantage plans are private health plans, such as HMOs or PPOs, that are offered by health insurers that have contracts with the Medicare program to offer benefits to people with Medicare.

For many years, KFF has been tracking public opinion on the idea of a national health plan, including questions specifically about “Medicare-for-all” since 2017. This 2026 midterm election cycle, some ...

State COBRA expansion programs extend coverage to employees of firms with fewer than 20 workers otherwise not covered by COBRA, the federal law. Eligibility rules for state continuation rights may ...