Health

We work to ensure that all people have access to and can easily enroll in affordable health coverage and that Medicaid, Medicare, and the Affordable Care Act marketplaces provide coverage that meets the needs of low-income children and families, seniors, and people with disabilities. We also work to ensure that proposals that would affect these programs do not slash benefits for, or impose costs on, the nation’s most vulnerable people.

Health

Failure to Close Coverage Gap Would Leave Millions Uninsured and Facing Worse Health Outcomes

Census: Uninsured Rate Matches a Record Low in 2021, Driven by Relief Provisions

Congress Should Advance Maternal Health Equity in Upcoming Economic Legislation

Montana’s Fiscal Gains From Medicaid Expansion Are a Model for Wyoming

Newly Proposed Rule Would Help Kids, Seniors, and Others Get and Stay Enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP

Housing and Health Problems Are Intertwined. So Are Their Solutions.

For LGBTQ People, Recent Anti-Discrimination Advances Could Lessen Barriers to Economic Inclusion

States Can Reduce Medicaid’s Administrative Burdens to Advance Health and Racial Equity

New on this Topic

In Pandemic’s Second Year, Government Policies Helped Drive Child Poverty Rate to a Record Low, Cut Uninsured Rate, New Census Data Show

Medicaid School-Based Services Can Help Prevent “Unwinding” Coverage Losses

No Notice of PHE End Gives States Time to Prepare for Medicaid Unwinding

Inflation Reduction Act Will Reduce Medicare Drug Costs, Not Cut Benefits

States Can Use Text Messaging to Communicate Effectively With Medicaid and SNAP Enrollees

States Can Help Eligible Immigrants Keep Medicaid Coverage at PHE’s End

Policy Basics

Federal Payroll Taxes

Introduction to Medicaid

Experts

Inflation Reduction Act Takes Important Steps Forward and Should Be Enacted

The Nation Has Made Progress Against Poverty But Policy Advances Are Needed to Reduce Still-High Hardship

Reducing Administrative Burdens in Medicaid Is Critical to Achieving Health and Racial Equity

States Can Reduce Medicaid’s Administrative Burdens to Advance Health and Racial Equity

Women Face Large Coverage Losses, Especially in Non-Expansion States, if Enhanced Premium Assistance Expires

Failure to Close Coverage Gap Would Leave Millions Uninsured and Facing Worse Health Outcomes

Deeper Investments in Housing and Health Can Advance Housing Justice, Health Equity

For LGBTQ People, Recent Anti-Discrimination Advances Could Lessen Barriers to Economic Inclusion

Housing and Health Problems Are Intertwined. So Are Their Solutions.

Dobbs Decision Reduces Freedom, Will Widen Inequities