This Week: Making Sense of Medicaid Work Requirements

Also, explore our guide to potential health policy administrative actions under the incoming Trump administration.

View in browser This Week The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news. Making Sense of Medicaid Work Requirements In a new column, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman examines the data and history around adding work requirements to Medicaid and why the administrative burdens it imposes may offset any savings — even for states that ideologically favor such an approach.   Read more → Potential Health Policy Administrative Actions in the Second Trump Administration   Explore our guide to potential health policy administrative actions under the incoming Trump administration based on campaign positions and statements by President-elect Trump, his record during his first administration, and expected actions that would reverse or modify regulations or guidance issued by the Biden administration.   Also, our new KFF brief discusses possible actions that could be undertaken that may affect reproductive health. How Medicare Negotiated Drug Prices Compare to Other Countries   Our new analysis compares the Medicare's first-ever negotiated drug prices under a new process created by the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 to current U.S. list prices. It finds that Medicare's negotiated prices for 10 high-expenditure prescription drugs are lower than what private Medicare drug plans had been paying, but still much higher than the prices available in 11 other wealthy nations.   Learn more → 'What the Health?' Podcast: End-of-Year Chaos on Capitol Hill & What's Ahead in 2025 with KFF's CEO Drew Altman    KFF Health News' Julie Rovner interviews KFF President and CEO Drew Altman about what happened in health policy in 2024 and what to expect in 2025. She also discusses the latest from Capitol Hill on the end-of-Congress health package with her panelists.   Listen → How Are States Spending Opioid Settlement Cash? We Built a Database of Answers   From addiction treatment to toy robot ambulances, we uncovered how billions in opioid settlement funds were used by state and local governments in 2022 and 2023.   Read the story → Obamacare Sign-Ups Lag After Trump Election, Legal Challenges   As of early December, the number of new and returning enrollees using healthcare.gov — the federal marketplace that serves 31 states — is well below last year's. Also, a Biden administration push to give "Dreamers" access to Obamacare coverage and subsidies is facing court challenges.   Read the story → Please note: We won't publish This Week on Dec. 27. We'll be back in the new year! Question of the Week   Last week, 22% correctly answered that 43% of insured adults who describe their mental health as either fair or poor say there was a time in the past year when they needed mental health services or medication but didn't get them. On average, Medicare negotiated prices are what percent higher than the average of drug prices in 11 comparable countries? 130% 280% 410% See how many readers answered correctly in the next edition of This Week. Health News   He Went in for a Colonoscopy. The Hospital Charged $19,000 for Two. Trump's Picks for Top Health Jobs Not Just Team of Rivals but 'Team of Opponents' Democratic Senators Ask Watchdog Agency To Investigate Georgia's Medicaid Work Rule How a Duty To Spend Wisely on Worker Benefits Could Loosen PBMs' Grip on Drug Prices   Rage Has Long Shadowed American Health Care. It's Rarely Produced Big Change.   How America Lost Control of the Bird Flu, Setting the Stage for Another Pandemic   Employers Press Congress To Cement Health Price Transparency Before Trump's Return More on Health Policy   Myths About Raw Milk and Vaccines – KFF Health Misinformation Monitor What's Next for State Abortion Ballot Initiatives? Hospital Margins Rebounded in 2023, But Rural Hospitals and Those With High Medicaid Shares Were Struggling More Than Others Key Facts about the Uninsured Population The Impact of HIV on Women in the United States Did someone forward this to you? Subscribe to This Week. 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. Need assistance? Email subscriptions@kff.org; do not reply to this email. The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news. KFF, 185 Berry Street, Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 94107