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1 month ago | 
kff.org | Latoya Hill |Samantha Artiga |Akash Pillai |Alisha Rao
As one of his first actions in office, President Trump signed executive orders revoking federal diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) related programs and actions in the federal government and among federal contractors and grantees. DEI initiatives are intended to create more diverse and inclusive work environments, to address discriminatory policies or practices, as well as to counter the impacts of historical actions that led to unequal opportunities for certain groups.
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2 months ago | 
kff.org | Samantha Artiga |Drishti Pillai |Jennifer Tolbert |Akash Pillai
Confusion persists about immigrants’ eligibility for federal programs, with about half or more of U.S. adults and immigrants adults saying they are unsure or incorrectly believe that most immigrants to the U.S. are eligible to enroll in federal health insurance programs, including Medicaid, as soon as they arrive to the U.S. Eligibility for Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is limited to citizens and certain lawfully present immigrants.
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2 months ago | 
kff.org | Akash Pillai |Drishti Pillai |Samantha Artiga
President Trump has made a slew of immigration policy changes focused on restricting entry at the border and increasing interior enforcement efforts to support mass deportation. These include rescinding protections against enforcement action in previously protected areas such as health care facilities and schools.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
kff.org | Drishti Pillai |Akash Pillai |Samantha Artiga
One in four children aged 18 and under living in the U.S. has at least one immigrant parent. Policies that may be implemented under the incoming Trump administration could have significant implications for these children, the vast majority of whom are citizens.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
kff.org | Akash Pillai |Amaya Diana |Latoya Hill |Samantha Artiga
In October 2024, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved the first ever Section 1115 waiver demonstration amendments that would allow Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage of traditional health care practices provided by the Indian Health Service (IHS), Tribal facilities, and urban Indian organizations for American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN) people.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
kff.org | Akash Pillai |Drishti Pillai |Samantha Artiga |Robin Rudowitz
The U.S territories – American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) – have faced an array of longstanding fiscal and health challenges that were exacerbated by somewhat recent natural disasters and the COVID-19 pandemic. Over 1.7 million people residing in the territories were enrolled in Medicaid in fiscal year (FY) 2023.
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Sep 13, 2024 | 
kff.org | Liz Hamel |Akash Pillai |Samantha Artiga |Robin Rudowitz
Homelessness in the U.S. is a serious problem that touches the lives of millions of individuals and families across urban, suburban, and rural areas. According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, more than 650,000 people were experiencing homelessness on a single night in January 2023, a 12% increase from 2022. The links between homelessness and health are complex.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
kff.org | Ashley Kirzinger |Akash Pillai |Samantha Artiga |Robin Rudowitz
This report, based on analysis of KFF’s 2023 Racism, Discrimination, and Health Survey, focuses on the experiences of people who have been previously incarcerated and examines their social and economic circumstances as well as their physical and mental health and access to health care. The findings aim to fill in a gap in publicly available data on the experiences of people who were previously incarcerated.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
kff.org | Elizabeth Hinton |Akash Pillai |Amaya Diana
In April 2023, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released guidance encouraging states to apply for a new Section 1115 demonstration opportunity to test transition-related strategies to support community reentry for people who are incarcerated. This demonstration allows states a partial waiver of the “inmate exclusion policy,” which prohibits Medicaid from paying for services provided during incarceration (except for inpatient services).
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Jul 1, 2024 | 
kff.org | Akash Pillai |Elizabeth Hinton |Robin Rudowitz |Samantha Artiga
Racial and ethnic disparities in health remain persistent in the United States, driven by inequities in access to and utilization of health care and social and economic factors that drive health, often referred to as social determinants of health (SDOH), that are rooted in historic and ongoing racism and discrimination. As a major source of health coverage for people of color, Medicaid programs are an important potential mechanism to address racial health disparities.
