This Week: Explaining the Muddle on ACA Tax Credits

Plus, RFK Jr. faces the Senate Finance Committee, and parents' views of school vaccination requirements

View in browser This Week The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news. Explaining the Muddle on ACA Tax Credits In a new "Beyond the Data" column, KFF's President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman looks at why the issue of extending the enhanced ACA tax credits has languished in Congress without clear direction, despite its importance to the 24 million people who get their coverage in the ACA Marketplaces today and the potentially significant role the issue could play in the midterms if the credits are not extended.   Read more → Timely insights and analysis from KFF staff "As Florida moves to end its mandates, early release findings from a new KFF-Washington Post survey show that parents overwhelmingly support current laws that require children to be vaccinated against diseases like measles and polio." Read more. Audrey Kearney Senior Survey Analyst, Public Opinion & Survey Research "(Secretary Kennedy) has promised to restore public trust in the CDC, but our polling data suggests real challenges given how skeptical the public - and Republicans in particular - are about the agency." Read more. Liz Hamel Vice President Director of Public Opinion and Survey Research Watch: A Discussion of Secretary Kennedy's Testimony   KFF Health News correspondents Stephanie Armour, Julie Rovner, and Arthur Allen, and KFF's Josh Michaud, associate director for Global Health Policy discussed the biggest takeaways from Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s testimony before the Senate Finance Committee on Thursday.    Watch → Event: How Will States Implement Medicaid Work Requirements?   Join us for a virtual event on Sept. 11 focused on how states will implement the new Medicaid work requirements. You'll hear from four experts, including two state Medicaid directors, who will join Larry Levitt, Executive Vice President for Health Policy at KFF, for this hour-long discussion with audience Q&A.   Register → How Do Healthcare Prices and Utilization in the United States Compare to Peer Nations?   This chart collection compares indicators of health care utilization and prices in the United States and 11 similarly wealthy countries to investigate whether higher prices or higher utilization of healthcare services drives the high healthcare expenditures in the U.S. relative to peer nations.   See the data → Question of the Week   Last week, 69% correctly answered that more than 14 million people could be uninsured in 2034 due to the budget reconciliation package and expiration of the ACA enhanced tax credits. What percentage of parents support current laws requiring children to be vaccinated against diseases like measles and polio, with some medical or religious exceptions? 55 68 81 See how many readers answered correctly in the next edition of This Week. Health News   Trump Administration Investigates Medicaid Spending on Immigrants in Blue States   At CDC, Worries Mount That Agency Has Taken Anti-Science Turn" Do Pediatricians Recommend Vaccines To Make a Profit? There's Not Much Money in It   He Built Michigan's Medicaid Work Requirement System. Now He's Warning Other States.   As Insurers Struggle With GLP-1 Drug Costs, Some Seek To Wean Patients Off When Hospitals and Insurers Fight, Patients Get Caught in the Middle More on Health Policy   5 Key Facts about Medicaid's Share of National Health Spending   The Monitor: Better Prompting May Help Reduce AI Hallucinations, False Vaccine Claims Spread, and Industrial Solvent Promoted as Hidden Cancer Cure   CMS Phasing Out Medicaid Workforce Initiatives   Tariffs Are Driving up Premiums for Small Businesses   Charting the Way Forward: New Efforts to Advance Electronic Health Information Sharing   Income and Assets of Medicare Beneficiaries in 2024 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. KFF: The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news. KFF, 185 Berry Street, Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 94107