sábado, 16 de mayo de 2026
Tracking Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law Medicaid Work Requirements Updated on: May 14, 2026
https://www.kff.org/medicaid/medicaid-work-requirements-tracker-1115-waivers/
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 the option to implement requirements sooner through a state plan amendment (SPA) or through an approved 1115 waiver.
Overview of President Trump’s Executive Actions Impacting LGBTQ+ Health Authors: Lindsey Dawson and Jennifer Kates Published: May 14, 2026
https://www.kff.org/lgbtq/overview-of-president-trumps-executive-actions-impacting-lgbtq-health/
Starting on the first day of his second term, President Trump began to issue numerous executive actions, several of which directly address or affect health programs, efforts, or policies to meet the health needs of LGBTQ+ people. This guide provides an overview of these actions, in the order in which they were issued. The “date issued” is date the action was first taken; subsequent actions, such as litigation efforts, are listed under “What Happens/Implications.” It is not inclusive of administrative actions that impact LGBTQ+ people that are not directly related to health and health care access, such as efforts related to participation in sport even though those actions might have an impact on well-being. In addition, within the actions examined, only provisions directly related to health and health access are described in table.
Medicaid Changes in House and Senate Reconciliation Bills Would Increase Costs for 1.3 Million Low-Income Medicare Beneficiaries Authors: Maiss Mohamed, Alice Burns, and Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek Published: May 14, 2026
https://www.kff.org/medicaid/medicaid-changes-in-house-reconciliation-bill-would-increase-costs-for-1-3-million-low-income-medicare-beneficiaries/
On May 22, the House passed a reconciliation bill, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which would partially pay to extend expiring tax cuts by cutting Medicaid. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that the bill would reduce federal Medicaid spending by $793 billion over ten years and 10.3 million fewer people would be enrolled in Medicaid in 2034, including 1.3 million people with Medicare, otherwise known as “dual-eligible individuals”. The loss of Medicaid coverage for Medicare beneficiaries stems from delaying implementation of two rules that aimed to streamline the enrollment process and make it easier for people to maintain Medicaid coverage by reducing administrative barriers. Dual-eligible individuals would be disproportionately impacted by these provisions, comprising nearly 60% of the 2.3 million Medicaid enrollees who are estimated to lose coverage as a result of delaying these rules under the House reconciliation bill (Figure 1). Instead of placing a moratorium on implementation of the rules, the recently released Senate reconciliation language would prohibit nearly all of the provisions in the rules from ever being implemented.
Federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Programs: Overview and Current Issues Authors: Josh Michaud and Jennifer Kates Published: May 15, 2026
https://www.kff.org/other-health/federal-vaccine-injury-compensation-programs-overview-and-current-issues/
For decades, the federal government has overseen two key vaccine injury compensation programs: the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) and the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP). The VICP and CICP are designed to help maintain vaccine access while also recognizing that vaccine injuries can occur and those affected by such injuries should be compensated. However, over time, the demands on, and challenges faced by, these programs have grown. Recently, they have become targets of criticism from members of the Trump administration, including the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ,who said (without evidence) in 2025 that VICP had “devolved into a morass of inefficiency, favoritism, and outright corruption” and that he would lead an effort to overhaul it...
Mollyann Brodie Receives AAPOR Award for Exceptionally Distinguished Achievement KFF’s Surveys of Immigrants Also Honored with AAPOR Inclusive Voices Award Published: May 15, 2026
https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/mollyann-brodie-receives-aapor-award-for-exceptionally-distinguished-achievement/
The American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) last night recognized KFF’s Mollyann Brodie, Ph.D., with the AAPOR Award for Distinguished Achievement for her outstanding leadership and contributions to the field of public opinion research over three decades.
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