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Health Insurance Tax Credits: Their Unexpected Effectiveness, and Policies to Support Them

Premium tax credits have improved health coverage in the U.S., but congressional policies could reverse this trend.
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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices: What It Does and How Recent Changes to It Will Affect Vaccine Affordability and Access

This explainer discusses what ACIP does, how it makes recommendations, and how administration actions may affect Americans’ ...
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Proposed Federal Budget Cuts Could Exacerbate the Behavioral Health Crisis

(FMCS), stands outside the FMCS van in Washington, D.C. Proposed budget cuts and reorganizations of health agencies could ...
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Consumers in the ACA Marketplaces Face Turbulent Waters in the Wake of Policy Changes

For the 24 million Americans who buy their coverage through ACA marketplaces, recent policy changes will make it harder to ...
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Trump Administration and Congress Reduce Federal Health Spending at the Expense of States, Consumers, and Millions of Newly Uninsured

Sarah Enteen, CNM, sees a patient in Mass General Brigham’s mobile maternal care clinic. The budget reconciliation law and new federal regulations will impose substantial new costs and burdens on ...
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What the ACA Marketplaces Do for Your State | Commonwealth Fund

Enrollment in health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces has more than doubled since 2021, with 24 million Americans signing up for coverage in 2025. Premium tax credits help ...
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Unequal Measurement: A Call for a National Framework for Measuring Health Equity

Metrics and methodologies must be aligned to accurately assess health equity progress and drive institutional change and ...
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Maternal Mortality in the United States, 2025 | Commonwealth Fund

Understanding the evidence on maternal mortality and its causes is a key to crafting solutions; this brief describes the state of U.S. maternal health in 2025.