Nearly Four Million Medicare Beneficiaries Could Be Eligible for the Temporary Medicare GLP-1 Bridge Program Covering These Drugs for Weight Loss Published: Jun 29, 2026

https://www.kff.org/medicare/nearly-four-million-medicare-beneficiaries-could-be-eligible-for-the-temporary-medicare-glp-1-bridge-program-covering-these-drugs-for-weight-loss/

Cost and Utilization of Inpatient Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment Authors: Lynne Cotter, Nirmita Panchal, Gary Claxton, and Justin Lo Published: Jun 29, 2026

https://www.kff.org/health-costs/cost-and-utilization-of-inpatient-mental-health-and-substance-use-treatment/

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 While More People Identify Vaccine Myths as “Definitely False” than “Definitely True,” At Least Half Are Uncertain About What to Believe Published: Jun 30, 2026

https://www.kff.org/health-information-trust/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/

KFF Health Information and Trust Polling Dashboard Key insights and trends from KFF’s polling on Health Information and Trust Last Updated: June 30, 2026

https://www.kff.org/public-opinion/kff-polling-on-health-information-and-trust/

Recent Research on How Experiencing Racial Discrimination Impacts Health Authors: Akash Pillai, Latoya Hill, and Samantha Artiga Published: Jun 30, 2026

https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/recent-research-on-how-experiencing-racial-discrimination-impacts-health/

HHS Public Health Policy Actions Under the Trump Administration 2025-2026 Authors: Josh Michaud and Jennifer Kates Published: Jun 30, 2026

https://www.kff.org/other-health/tracking-key-hhs-public-health-policy-actions-under-the-trump-administration/ Note: Originally published on Nov. 12, 2025, this resource is updated as needed, most recently on June 30, 2026, to reflect additional developments. Since assuming office for a second term, President Trump and officials in his administration have instituted numerous policy actions through the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) affecting public health in the U.S. This resource lists and briefly describes key actions in the order in which they were first issued, reported or announced, with subsequent linked actions and related outcomes also included with each entry. As new policy changes occur, they will be added.

Decoding Medicare Advantage Coding Intensity Authors: Jeannie Fuglesten Biniek and Nolan Sroczynski Published: Jul 1, 2026

https://www.kff.org/medicare/decoding-medicare-advantage-coding-intensity/ In recent years, federal payments to Medicare Advantage plans, and how they are adjusted for enrollee health status, have come under increased scrutiny. Medicare Advantage plans receive a capitated amount for each enrollee, and these payments are “risk adjusted” based on the diagnosis codes reported by the insurer to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for each enrollee. Plans receive higher payments for enrollees who are sicker and expected to have higher health care spending, and lower payments for enrollees who are healthier and expected to have lower health care spending. The purpose of this risk adjustment is to ensure plans receive adequate payments to treat sicker, higher-cost patients and reduce incentives to enroll primarily healthier, lower cost, beneficiaries. However, since the approach to risk adjusting payments relies heavily on the diagnosis codes recorded for Medicare Advantage enrollees, it provides a strong financial incentive for private insurers to capture as many diagnosis codes for each enrollee as possible, which increases payments and contributes to higher Medicare spending.