by KFF | Feb 18, 2025 | Industry News, Medicaid
Medicaid is the primary program providing comprehensive coverage of health and long-term care to 83 million low-income people in the United States. Medicaid accounts for one-fifth of health care spending, more than half of spending for long-term care, and a large...
by Healthcare Innovation | Feb 15, 2025 | Industry News, Medicaid, Medicare
In December, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced it was terminating the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) model at the end of 2025 due to the model’s “substantial and unmitigable costs to the Medicare Trust Funds.”...
by KFF | Jan 17, 2025 | Industry News, Medicaid
About eight in 10 Americans overall view Medicare (82%) and Medicaid (77%) favorably. This includes majorities across partisans, including most Republicans (75% view Medicare favorably and 63% view Medicaid favorably). About half (46%) of the public say the federal...
