A small portion of the population is responsible for the majority of health spending in the United States. Only 5% of the population makes up nearly half of all health spending. More from @kff.org here: www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collec...

Older Marketplace enrollees have been disproportionately affected by the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits. @kff.org examines why: www.kff.org/affordable-c...

Early data shows that over 1 million fewer people signed up for ACA Marketplace coverage in 2026 than in 2025. However, we may not know the full extent of the enhanced tax credit expiration for a while. More here: www.kff.org/affordable-c...

This conversation is relevant given the Great Healthcare Plan (whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...) which emphasizes giving money directly to consumers

I had the pleasure of speaking with Sabrina McCrear of The American Journal of Managed Care this week about ICHRAs and how their uptake may be affected by the expiration of the ACA Marketplace's enhanced premium tax credits. More here: t.co/D52BtHq75t

The Marketplace's enhanced premium tax credits expired as of January 1. As a result, enrollees' monthly premium payments increased 114%. A small handful of states have moved to blunt the impact on consumers, but their efforts bring only limited relief. www.kff.org/affordable-c...

Marketplace enrollees may see significant cost increases if the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits expire. Our new analysis breaks down what the changes could mean for both middle- and low-income households. Get the details: https://on.kff.org/4nzRd5X

You might be surprised, but some insurers are expecting tariffs to drive up health insurance premiums in 2026. www.kff.org/quick-take/t... @kff.org

What could changes to the actuarial values (AVs) of ACA Marketplace plans, as finalized by CMS and passed by the House in the #OneBigBeautifulBill, mean for consumers? 🧵 @kff.org

⚡KFF’s @mattmcgough.bsky.social writes about how the tariff-driven expectation of higher prescription drug prices is causing some health insurance companies to increase premiums for 2026. #QuickTake on.kff.org/3FR7CTy

Some insurers are raising health insurance premiums to account for tariffs in 2026. I spoke with @axios.com about how insurers may (or may not) be hedging their bets. axios.com/2025/06/18/t... kff.org/quick-take/t...

Each year, health insurers submit filings to state regulators justifying premium rate changes for the #ACA Marketplace. Early filings show insurers including an additional 4% average increase due to the expected expiration of #EnhancedPremiumTaxCredits. www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/early-...

On Sunday, the House Budget Committee advanced the Republican budget reconciliation package that includes provisions that would reshape the ACA. @kff.org has updated our resources examining the health provisions of the bill. t.co/YQWMAEXnfv

CBO previously projected 32 million uninsured people in the US in the early 2030s, accounting for those losing coverage because of expiring tax credits. Now CBO estimates the new reconciliation policies will increase the number of uninsured people by another 9.5M. That's a THIRTY PERCENT increase.

Great new visual from KFF breaking down the nearly 14 million additional people who'd be uninsured if the GOP is successful.

Over the weekend, Congressional Republicans proposed portions of a budget reconciliation package that could make significant changes to Medicaid and the ACA. If passed, nearly 14 million people could become uninsured by 2034. More from @kff.org here: www.kff.org/policy-watch...

As Republicans get more specific about Medicaid cuts, they will inevitably get more controversial as it becomes clear what the effects will be. That's always been true of health reform plans proposed by Democrats or Republicans.

Chronic, non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide and make up 8 out of the top 10 leading causes of death in the US. Across many of these diseases, the US has a higher burden of disease than countries of similar size and wealth. t.co/hFSA43BoXy

While most adults have health insurance, over 1 in 4 adults delayed or did not get medical care due to cost in 2023, highlighting healthcare as a contributor to current affordability issues. t.co/AMq8kNEj4R

Fifteen years out from passage of the ACA, Republicans are still fighting its expansion of Medicaid, which now covers 20 million people. The ACA has had remarkable political staying power, for both proponents and opponents.

How has the quality of the U.S. health system changed over time? Check out @kff.org's latest analysis: www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collec...

The star, whose work ranged from ‘The French Connection’ to ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ and far beyond, barely changed his look but constantly transformed himself.

As the Trump administration slows down flu vaccines for humans, it ramps up flu vaccines for chickens. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

Johns Hopkins officials said the NIH funding cut puts at risk approximately 600 current and ongoing clinical trials at Hopkins, including open clinical trials in cancer, pediatrics and children’s health, heart and vascular studies and the aging brain. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...

The largest college sports governing body in the U.S. has rescinded its former guidance for trans student-athletes, which had been in place since 2010, to ban trans girls from girls' sports. NCAA announced the policy while praising Trump's executive order to ban trans girls from school sports

Majority of Americans like the CDC, FDA and other agencies Trump is targeting: poll www.axios.com/2025/02/06/t...

NEW: Life expectancy in the US increased in 2023 to 78.4 years. While life expectancy has somewhat recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, the US is still below pre-pandemic levels and trails peer nations. www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collec...

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed. Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals. Take a look. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

Feels like a good day to re-up the data from this 2023 KFF/Post survey talking to transgender Americans about their views and experiences: www.kff.org/mental-healt...

Context for the CDC eliminating data from its website today. This was in Project 2025.

CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) -- which, since 1990, has tracked high school students' behaviors that can influence health and social outcomes (like smoking, drug use, and dietary habits) -- is now offline

NEW — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is scrubbing HIV-related content from its website as part of Trump's broader effort to wipe out DEI content www.nbcnews.com/health/healt... by @berkeleyjr.bsky.social @benryanwriter.bsky.social

If only there was a national research, polling and journalism organization that published, say, a "Health Policy 101" on this stuff. www.kff.org/health-polic...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt could not immediately say whether Medicaid will be affected by President Trump's federal funding freeze.

Helpful summary stats on the stakes of PEPFAR stoppages www.amfar.org/wp-content/u...

As bird-flu worsens and egg prices rise, Trump orders CDC to stop working with WHO immediately, upending expectations of an extended withdrawal

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🧵 Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s nomination hearings for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services are scheduled. Let’s dive into the key role HHS plays in health and health care as the department will be in the spotlight next week.

A lot of attention on #Medicaid lately - see our update of key issues to watch in 2025 www.kff.org/medicaid/iss...

Highly recommended reading: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Medicare will negotiate lower price for Ozempic, other GLP-1s. www.axios.com/2025/01/17/b...

As expected, Trump signed an EO withdrawing from the WHO and also ending negotiations in the Pandemic Treaty and IHR amendments. It also calls for a review, rescind, and replace the 2024 U.S. Global Health Security Strategy. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Trump has rescinded a Biden executive order calling for the development of policies to lower drug costs for people in Medicare and Medicaid.

Politico got a hold of a leaked list of GOP plans to cut federal spending on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act www.politico.com/news/2025/01...

House Republicans are gunning for Medicaid work requirements. www.politico.com/news/2025/01... The only state to get such a program off the ground, Arkansas, saw more than 18,000 people lose coverage in the first seven months, with no significant increase in employment.

From first hand experience, this app is an essential resource. Also, if you are trying to monitor the areas of loved ones living in a wildfire's path.

Affordable Care Act signups hit yet another record high. As I told The NY Times, the geographic distribution of who’s signing up for the enhanced ACA subsidies makes it possible some Republicans might see a benefit to their constituents if they renew the subsidies. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/08/u...

Seems like the chances that Denis Villeneuve or Coralie Fargeat get an Oscar nomination just got slimmer

With #ACA OEP not quite over, enrollment has reached nearly 24M people (3.2M of which are new this year). The majority of new enrollees come from red states that use the Federally-Facilitated Marketplace. www.cms.gov/newsroom/fac...