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- Medicare Advantage in 2026: Premiums, Out-of-Pocket Limits, Supplemental Benefits, and Prior Authorizationby kffmeredithf on 05.06.2026 at 13:00
This brief provides information about Medicare Advantage plans in 2026, including premiums, out-of-pocket limits, supplemental benefits, and prior authorization, as well as trends over time.
- Medicare Advantage in 2026: Enrollment Update and Key Trendsby kffmeredithf on 05.06.2026 at 13:00
More than half (55%) of eligible Medicare beneficiaries are enrolled in Medicare Advantage in 2026. To better understand trends in the growth of the Medicare Advantage program, this brief provides current information about enrollment, including by plan type and firm
- Litigation Involving Reproductive Health and Rights in the Federal Courtsby kffmichaelp on 04.06.2026 at 19:16
This State and Federal Reproductive Rights Litigation tracker aggregates information about ongoing litigation regarding abortion bans and restrictions, FDA approval of Mifepristone (an abortion pill) and other federal regulations.
- Elimination of Federal Diversity Initiatives: Updates and Current Statusby kfflayotah on 04.06.2026 at 15:30
This issue brief provides an update on the status of the Trump administration's actions to eliminate DEI-related initiatives and the impact on racial health disparities.
- Global COVID-19 Trackerby kffannar on 03.06.2026 at 17:03
This tracker provides data on global COVID-19 cases and deaths by country, region, and income-level. Additionally, the tracker reports current closure, economic, and health system policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic globally. This tracker will be updated as new data are available.
- U.S. International Family Planning & Reproductive Health: Requirements in Law and Policyby kffkelliem on 02.06.2026 at 13:00
Summarizes the major statutory requirements and policies pertaining to U.S. global family planning/reproductive health (FP/RH) efforts over time and identifies those currently in effect.
- Is AI Better for Patients?by kffconnorg on 02.06.2026 at 09:00
Is AI Better for patients? What is changing on the ground? Chip talks with Dr. Patrick Conway, Chief Executive Officer of Optum, a health services and technology business under parent company, UnitedHealth Group. They discuss how to ensure the health care industry’s use of AI serves patients first, particularly when the same company bears financial risk and builds the AI that decides who gets care. They also discuss whether use of AI can make value-based care the dominant payment framework, after two decades of policymaker support for the model.
- Tracking Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law Medicaid Work Requirements: 1115-waiversby kffmichaelp on 01.06.2026 at 15:20
State-by-state information on Medicaid 1115 work requirement waivers.
- Tracking Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law Medicaid Work Requirements: Related Resourcesby kffmichaelp on 01.06.2026 at 15:19
KFF resources on the Medicaid work requirements in the 2025 Reconcilation law.
- Tracking Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law: Medicaid Work Requirements Implementation Questionsby kffmichaelp on 01.06.2026 at 15:19
A list of the implementation questions relating to the Medicaid work requirements in the 2025 Reconciliation law.
- Tracking Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law: Medicaid Work Requirementsby kffmichaelp on 01.06.2026 at 13:00
KFF's interactive tracks key data and policies that will affect how states implement Medicaid work requirements, which are required under the 2025 budget reconciliation law starting in January 2027. The tracker includes state-level data on Medicaid enrollment and renewal outcomes as well as current state enrollment and renewal policies.
- Tracking Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law: Medicaid Work Requirements Data and Policiesby kffmichaelp on 01.06.2026 at 13:00
Detailed state and national data related to the 2025 Reconciliation Law Medicaid Work Requirements
- Medicaid Enrollment and Unwinding Trackerby kffpatrickd on 29.05.2026 at 21:19
This tracker presents the most recent Medicaid data on renewals and disenrollments available for each state as well as monthly enrollment data during the unwinding period.
- A Closer Look at North Carolina’s Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law Medicaid Provisions and Other Changes Amid Medicaid Budget Shortfallsby Jada Raphael on 29.05.2026 at 13:30
This policy watch provides initial insight into how North Carolina is preparing to implement certain Medicaid provisions of the 2025 reconciliation law and how other policy changes may affect coverage and access to care.
- Medicare Advantage Out-of-Pocket Limits: Variation and Trendsby kffmeredithf on 28.05.2026 at 17:17
This brief analyzes out-of-pocket limits in Medicare Advantage plans in 2026, variation by plan type, the distribution of enrollees facing different out-of-pocket limits, and trends over time.








