Community Webinar: #Medicaid Home Care Spending | NACDD with guests from #KFF

Did you miss our December webinar with guests from KFF presenting their recent report, "States' Management of Medicaid Home Care Spending Ahead of H.R. 1 Effects"?

See the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4oW...

KFF: Medicare Advantage insurers processed 53M prior authorization requests in 2024, with 7.7% denied. Of appeals, 80% were overturned — highlighting ongoing barriers to care.

Full analysis →
https://ow.ly/Unkv50YoR2k

#MedicareAdvantage #PriorAuthorization #PatientAccess #HealthPolicy #KFF

Poll: People View Prior Authorization as Greatest Burden in Navigating the Health System | KFF New KFF polling explores the challenges beyond costs that people with insurance face in navigating the health care system. People cite prior authorization review as their top problem by a wide margin, with a third (32%) saying prior authorization requirements are a “major burden.

🚨 KFF poll: Prior authorization tops the list of burdens for insured adults navigating health care — 4 in 10 with chronic conditions cite it as their biggest challenge.

Full report:
https://ow.ly/re4h50YoQXC

#HealthCare #PriorAuthorization #PatientExperience #KFF #HealthPolicy

Medicare Advantage enrollment rose to 35.1M as of Feb 2026 (+1.1M, 3% YoY). SNPs drove most gains; Humana grew most, while UnitedHealth saw declines.

🔗 https://ow.ly/Hewv50Yomfx

#MedicareAdvantage #SNP #HealthcarePolicy #KFF #InsuranceTrends

Poll: Trust and Confidence in the CDC Remain at Low Point After Changes to Recommended Childhood Vaccines; More Say the Changes Will Hurt than Help Children’s Health | KFF In the weeks after the Trump administration reduced the number of recommended childhood vaccines for routine use, the public’s trust in the CDC remains at its lowest point. Among those who have heard ...

New #KFF data show #Distrust of the new #CDC #Vaccination_Schedules. Only #Doctors remain the universal #TrustedSource.
www.kff.org/health-infor...

The Cost Plus pharmacy is a part of the healthcare industry.

However, you raise valid questions, and I encourage you to look at #AHRQ #KFF and the Milbank Quarterly to bone up on Medicare admin costs v. commercial insurance. Also, medicine and nursing have been commodified. 1/4

KFF Health Tracking Poll: The Public’s Views on the ACA | KFF This interactive chart allows users to track public opinion on the Affordable Care Act, from the inception of the law to the present, for subgroups based on age, race, income, gender, party identification and insurance status.

Support for the #ACA is at its highest point. KFF finds nearly 2 in 3 U.S. adults now view the ACA favorably. Public opinion has shifted over time, but partisan divides remain. What’s behind the change? Source: #KFF

https://f.mtr.cool/hjtmrqysxo

#AccessPress #Obamacare #HealthcareAccess

Unlike most insurance, these plans are not required to cover preexisting conditions or even basic needs such as maternity care and mental health. Their coverage is so full of holes that five states have banned their sale, according to #KFF, a nonpartisan health policy research group.

Thank you #KFF for recognizing our work and thanks to everyone who helped bring this show to life in virtual reality.

#ImmersiveTheatre #InteractiveTheatre #VR #VRC #Theatre

St. Petersburg

Simplified forest

lilac impressionism

multi-apartment buildings are being built across the river

In summer 2025 only 4 arts made their way to my office wall. Apartment renovation hit hard on creativity. From left to right: 1-St. Petersburg, 2-Forest, 3-Lilac, 4-31 Block. A2, oil on dibond. #art #kff #noAI

The girl, leaning against the wall, looks thoughtfully inside herself.

Sitting on a floor looking into sky through window, KFF, Digital, 2022 [2022-07-31] #art #kff #noAI

Contemporary painted icon of Madonna on gold background

Contemporary painted icon of Madonna on gold background

Contemporary painted icon of Madonna on gold background

Contemporary painted icon of Madonna on gold background

Madonna, KFF, Mixed Media, 2022 [In August 2022 I started daily oil portraits. Manage to made about 30+ awful portraits. It was hard to combine this task with everyday work. Later decided to repaint oil with digital. #art #kff #noAI

the dazzling sun illuminates the girl's face against the backdrop of impressionistic greenery

Summertime, KFF, Digital, 2023 [2023-03-25] #art #kff #noAI

a girl on a bicycle leaned towards the viewer

Windy D., KFF, Digital, 2023 [2023-08-24] #art #kff #noAI

A naked girl with a raised blue skirt walking in a field, half-turned to the viewer.

The Light, KFF, Digital, 2023 [2023-12-26] #art #kff #noAI

A naked girl with long loose hair poses with her back on a balcony

240109, KFF, Digital, 2025 #art #kff #noAI

A pensive girl against the backdrop of an impressionist meadow

9F, KFF, Digital, 2023 [2023-08-03] #art #kff #noAI

A woman poses thoughtfully, resting her face on her palm.

Indecision, KFF, Digital, 2025 [Panted 250401, edited 251020] #art #kff #noAI

A ballerina in a red skirt leans against a table. Wings behind the dancer's back are slightly visible.

Before, KFF, Digital, 2025 [Painted in 2025-04-10. Get a lot of attention on r/art... and a lot of hate. Stopped posting on r/art for 6 months after after that] #art #kff #noAI

black-blue-purple woman legs on the wall with red painting

251026, KFF, digital, 2025 It was posted on r/art and r/digitalart, but it didn't get much attention, and I decided it was embarrassing to keep, so I deleted it. It also had one view on artstation.com/kff. This whole situation inspired me to create an account on BlueSky. #art #kff #noAI

Is the #China statistic on the number of deaths reliable? Shouldn’t it be higher?
PS. The proper handle for #KFF is @kff.org. You just can’t copy #Xitter posts.

Premiums and Worker Contributions Among Workers Covered by Employer-Sponsored Coverage, 1999-2025 | KFF Since 1999, the Employer Health Benefits Survey has documented trends in employer-sponsored health insurance. Every year, private and non-federal public employers with three or more employees…

New data from the Kaiser Family Foundation’s 2025 Employer Health Benefits Survey show once again how steep employer-sponsored health coverage is becoming.

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#HealthPolicy #UniversalHealthcare #MedicareForAll #ValueBasedCare #HealthcareCosts #PublicHealth #EconomicJustice #KFF

The uninsured tend to be in working families: ~73.7% of uninsured had at least one full-time worker in the family.
#KFF report on uninsured

Health plan enrollment period is set to be horrifying for everyone this year https://arstechni.ca #healthinsurance #Marketplace #premiums #Health #ACA #KFF

A Look at Variation in Medicaid Spending Per Enrollee by Group and Across States | KFF Because states have flexibility in designing their programs, state Medicaid spending and enrollment varies across states. This data note provides an overview of total Medicaid spending per enrollee…

A new KFF analysis shows wide disparities in Medicaid spending per enrollee across states and eligibility groups. States that expanded #Medicaid under the# ACA generally spend more per person, particularly for individuals with disabilities and older adults. Source: #KFF

#AccessPress #HealthPolicy

Nu är det dagsljus, och vi har plockat upp ett gäng i Stockholm. Då är det självklart dags för obligatorisk vitvinsskål i rödvita lyxplastmuggar! 💥🤩🤘 Om några timmar ska vi uppleva KFF göra potatismos av Brage! 😎🍾

#Kalmar #KFF #KalmarFF #Fotboll #Borlänge #Brage