The Latest: Questions I Get About the Standards and Practices for Organizations in an Era of Misinformation and Declining Trust

Plus, Number of States with Restrictions Grew Five-fold Over the Last 18 Months

View in browser The Latest January 31, 2024 From Drew Altman: Questions I Get About the Standards & Practices for Organizations in an Era of Misinformation & Declining Trust In a new KFF column, President and CEO Drew Altman explains KFF's role in providing independent, authoritative information, and describes standards and practices to maintain credibility in an era of rampant misinformation. Read the column Number of States with Restrictions Grew Five-fold Over the Last 18 Months As state laws and policies restricting youth access to gender-affirming care proliferate, KFF's new tracker assesses this landscape, describing the content of laws and policy, identifying the people impacted, the types of penalties providers face, the basis and status of legal challenges, and other key information.   Additionally, a short analysis reviews state actions limiting youth access to gender affirming care as of January 24, 2024. Explore the tracker Halfway Through the Medicaid Unwinding: What Do the Data Show? Ten months into the unwinding of the Medicaid continuous enrollment provision, KFF tracking shows that states have reported outcomes for roughly half of the people expected to undergo renewals during the unwinding period. Learn about the latest data and key issues to watch during the next phase of the unwinding. Learn more The FTC Is Attacking Drugmakers' 'Patent Thickets' It's a big job clearing out so-called "patent thickets" drugmakers create to keep their products' prices high. But the Federal Trade Commission is giving it a shot. Read the story NEWS AND HEADLINES Where Are the Nation's Primary Care Providers? It's Not an Easy Answer Records Show Publix Opioid Sales Grew Even as Addiction Crisis Prompted Other Chains' Pullback How Fringe Anti-Science Views Infiltrated Mainstream Politics — And What It Means in 2024 An Arm and a Leg: Self-Defense 101: Keeping Your Cool While You Fight DATA AND ANALYSIS Medicaid: What to Watch in 2024 Medicaid Authorities and Options to Address Social Determinants of Health 10 Reasons Why Medicare Advantage Enrollment is Growing and Why It Matters How Does Use of Medicaid Wraparound Services by Dual-Eligible Individuals Vary by Service, State, and Enrollees' Demographics? The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news. 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