Also, Drew Altman examines the conservative Republican Study Committee’s proposals to remake Medicare, Medicaid and the ACA and their potential to make waves in this year’s elections.
A new KFF national survey finds that 23% of adults who say they were disenrolled from Medicaid since early 2023 report being uninsured now. Overall, 19% of adults who had Medicaid prior to the start of unwinding say they were disenrolled at some point in the past year. Of this group, 70% were left at least temporarily uninsured, while 30% already had another form of health coverage in place.
In this new column, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman examines the conservative Republican Study Committee’s sweeping proposals to remake Medicare, Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act and their potential to make waves in this year’s elections. Whether former President Trump ignores, embraces, or repudiates their ideas will be key.
KFF Health News’ 'What the Health?' podcast tackles how a week after the Florida Supreme Court said the state could enforce an abortion ban passed in 2023, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that state could enforce a near-total ban passed in 1864 — over a half-century before Arizona became a state.
