A new analysis explores the magnitude of federal funding cuts under the House budget resolution and puts the $880 billion over 10 years (or $88 billion per year) in context by comparing the size of the cuts to states’ tax revenues, spending on education, and the number of Medicaid enrollees covered for that cost. Learn more →
“There have been media reports that the Trump administration is freezing $27.5 million in grants made to organizations funding clinics across the nation that provide contraceptive services to low-income and uninsured people supported by the Federal Title X family planning program... While this funding freeze could be the Trump administration’s first major salvo in its efforts to weaken and defund Planned Parenthood, more actions by this administration, Congress, and state policy makers to limit access to abortion and contraception are expected in the coming years.” Read more.
Alina Salganicoff
Senior Vice President Director for Women’s Health Policy
“These trends of declining trust in the CDC and in the benefits of childhood vaccinations may complicate any efforts to address emerging public health challenges like the ongoing measles outbreak and the continued threat of bird flu.” Read more.
Lunna Lopes
Senior Survey Manager, Public Opinion & Survey Research
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced a proposed reorganization for the department — which, counting those who already have left the agency, amounts to about a 25% cut in its workforce. And its planned “Administration for a Healthy America” will collapse several existing HHS agencies into one. Meanwhile, the department continues to cut billions in health spending while the nation faces measles outbreaks in several states and the continuing possibility of another pandemic, such as bird flu. Also KFF senior vice president Larry Levitt discusses the 15th anniversary of the signing of the Affordable Care Act and the threats the health law continues to face.
This volume of The Monitor examines beliefs about bird flu and the false promotion of vitamin A as a measles prevention. It also covers social media content moderation and the misrepresentation of a study on gender-affirming care.
As politicians demand that more Medicaid recipients work, many people with disabilities say their state programs’ income and asset caps force them to limit their work hours or turn down promotions.
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