The Latest: Q&A on Implications of the Ruling on the ACA’s Preventive Services Requirement

Plus, KFF Tracking Poll -- The Public's Views of Medicare and Medicaid

View in browser March 31, 2023 Q&A: Implications of the Ruling on the ACA's Preventive Services Requirement On March 30, 2023, a judge in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas issued a final judgment in a court case challenging the provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires most private health plans to cover a range of preventive services without any cost-sharing for their enrollees. This Q&A summarizes some of the key issues related to the ruling.  Judge's Decision Would Make Some No-Cost Cancer Screenings a Thing of the Past  A U.S. District Court ruling overturned the section of the Affordable Care Act that makes preventive health services — from colonoscopies to diabetes screenings and more — available at no cost to consumers. KFF Health Tracking Poll March 2023: The Public's Views of Medicare and Medicaid Large majorities of the public hold favorable views of Medicare and Medicaid. While most people worry about Medicare's sustainability for the future, they also view the debate in Washington about Medicare cuts as largely politics. Read the poll. FDA Evaluates 'Safety Concerns' Over Dental Devices Featured in KHN-CBS Investigation A KHN and CBS News investigation found that a dental appliance called the AGGA has been used by more than 10,000 patients, and multiple lawsuits allege it has caused grievous harm to patients. Also published by CBS News Question of the Week Last week, 42% correctly answered that in 2021, there were roughly 10 million new cases of TB globally. In the past year, has inflation been higher for medical care prices or for other goods and services? Higher for medical care About the same Higher for other goods and services  See how many readers answered this week's question correctly in next Friday's edition of The Latest.   News and Headlines News and headlines from Kaiser Health News (KHN) and California Healthline (CHL). Follow KHN on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and CHL on Facebook and Twitter, for the latest updates. In Texas, Medicaid Coverage Ends Soon After Childbirth. Will Lawmakers Allow More Time? (KHN, NPR) $50 Billion in Opioid Settlement Cash Is on the Way. We're Tracking How It's Spent. (KHN, NPR) States Try to Obscure Execution Details as Drugmakers Hinder Lethal Injection (KHN, USA Today) KHN's 'What the Health?': A Judicial Body Blow to the ACA (Podcast) Data and Analysis The latest policy analysis and data from KFF. 5 Charts About Public Opinion on Medicaid (Poll Finding) Increasingly Privatized Public Health Insurance Programs in the US (Perspective) How Many Uninsured Are in the Coverage Gap and How Many Could be Eligible if All States Adopted the Medicaid Expansion? (Issue Brief) KFF Health Tracking Poll: The Public's Views on the ACA (Interactive) Africa CDC: Its Evolution and Key Issues for its Future (Issue Brief) KFF Global COVID-19 Vaccine Coverage Tool: Current and Projected Coverage (Interactive) U.S. International COVID-19 Vaccine Donations Tracker (Interactive) Global COVID-19 Tracker (Interactive) The Buzz See what's driving health policy conversation on social media. Follow KFF on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram for the latest updates and perspectives. Filling the need for trusted information on national health issues, KFF is a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California. kff.org  |  khn.org Did someone forward this to you? Click here to subscribe to The Latest. This email was sent to albarkahslamet.ssss@blogger.com. Update your email preferences to choose the types of emails you receive. Or, permanently unsubscribe from all future emails.  If you need help or have questions, please send an email to subscriptions@kff.org. Please do not reply to this email as this address is not monitored. KFF 185 Berry Street Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94107