This Week: 1 in 3 ACA Marketplace Enrollees Would ‘Very Likely’ Shop for a Cheaper Plan If Their Premium Payments Doubled

Plus, a new Medicaid work requirements interactive 

View in browser This Week The independent source for health policy research, polling, and news. Poll: 1 in 3 ACA Marketplace Enrollees Say They Would 'Very Likely' Shop for a Cheaper Plan If Their Premium Payments Doubled; 1 in 4 Say They 'Very Likely' Would Go Without Insurance Our new survey shares views and experiences of Marketplace enrollees as they weigh coverage options for 2026, which don't include the enhanced ACA tax credits and other policy options.    Learn more → Tracking Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law: Medicaid Work Requirements   In a new interactive released this week, KFF tracks key data and policies that will affect how states implement Medicaid work requirements, which will start in January 2027. The tracker includes state-level data on Medicaid enrollment and renewal outcomes as well as current state enrollment and renewal policies. Learn more →   Plus, reporting on work requirements from KFF Health News:  Medicaid Work Rules Exempt the 'Medically Frail.' Deciding Who Qualifies Is Tricky. New Work Requirement Adds Red Tape to Missouri's Snarled Food Aid System Timely insights and analysis from KFF staff "When federal health officials frame unverified VAERS reports as evidence of vaccine-caused deaths, it may become more difficult for health communicators to explain the system's limitations and the vaccines' extensive safety evidence, particularly when parents and the general public are already more uncertain about these vaccines than other routine immunizations." Read more. Joel Luther Health Information Analyst, Health Information and Trust Initiative "While Republicans in Congress have largely opposed the IRA and Medicare drug price negotiation, President Trump appears to be embracing it. With this latest announcement, the Trump administration can take credit for delivering lower drug prices in Medicare, while Democrats can take credit for creating the Medicare drug price negotiation program in the first place." Read more. Juliette Cubanski Deputy Director, Program on Medicare PolicySenior Manager, Health Information and Trust "The Administration's change to reimbursement for drug administration services represents a step forward in implementing site neutral payment reforms but is modest compared to some of the more sweeping options raised by MedPAC and others." Read more. Zachary Levinson Project Director, KFF Project on Hospital Costs As the 2026 Election Takes Shape, Health Care Is Becoming an Economic Issue for US Voters   In this JAMA Viewpoints column, KFF's Drew Altman, Ashley Kirzinger and Mollyann Brodie explore the power of health care affordability as an economic issue, how it has played out in recent election cycles, and the implications for the 2026 midterm elections.   Read the column → Fake AI-Generated Videos Perpetuate Stereotypes About SNAP Recipients, And New KFF Poll Looks at Belief in the False Claim That Undocumented Immigrants Are Eligible for ACA Coverage   This volume of The Monitor examines how AI-generated videos contributed to false narratives about SNAP recipients during the government shutdown, lending alleged visual evidence to decades-old stereotypes about beneficiaries of government assistance and more.   Read more → Question of the Week   67% correctly answered that 22% of immigrants personally know someone arrested, detained, or deported for immigration-related reasons since the president's return to office. What percentage of adults that purchase their health coverage on the ACA Marketplace say it is difficult to afford the cost of health insurance premiums each month? 33% 51% 65% See how many readers answered correctly in the next edition of This Week. Health News   Even as SNAP Resumes, New Work Rules Threaten Access for Years To Come Republicans Left Tribes Out of Their $50B Rural Fund. Now It's Up to States To Share.   Feds Promised 'Radical Transparency' but Are Withholding Rural Health Fund Applications   What the Health? From KFF Health News: The GOP Still Can't Agree on a Health Plan   RFK Jr. Wants To Delay the Hepatitis B Vaccine. Here's What Parents Need To Know. More on Health Policy   Medicaid Policy Action Trends Potential "Chilling Effects" of Public Charge and Other Immigration Policies on Medicaid and CHIP Enrollment   New Trump Administration Health-Related Visa Guidance Could Impact Millions of Noncitizens   Recent Changes in Children's Vaccination Rates by Race and Ethnicity   Racial Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health: Current Status and Key Issues   5 Key Facts About Medicaid and Provider Taxes   KFF Health Tracking Poll: Knowledge and Views of Medication Abortion   Policy Landscape of Private Insurance Coverage of Contraception in the U.S.   State Variations in the Role of the Reproductive Health Safety Net for Contraceptive Care Among Medicaid Enrollees   Family Planning Services for Low-Income Women: The Role of Public Programs   KFF Dashboard: Progress Toward Global Malaria Targets in PMI Countries   KFF Dashboard: Progress Toward Global Tuberculosis Targets in USAID TB Countries   KFF Dashboard: Progress Toward Global HIV Targets in PEPFAR Countries Did someone forward this to you? 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