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		<title>Medicaid Coverage for Women</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/medicaid-coverage-for-women/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffivetteg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women's Health Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access to Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benefits]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Family Planning]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This data note presents key data points describing the current state of the Medicaid program as it affects women. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Medicaid/CHIP Monthly Enrollment Tracker</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffpatrickd]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Health Policy and Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uninsured]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This tracker presents the most recent Medicaid monthly enrollment data.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Availability of Rural Hospitals Providing Inpatient Maternity Care in Medicaid</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/availability-of-rural-hospitals-providing-inpatient-maternity-care-in-medicaid/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffrhiannone]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 17:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access to Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maternal and Child Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reproductive Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rural Health]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Considering the existing challenges to hospital-based maternity care in rural areas and the potential for it to worsen, this data note analyzes the availability of hospitals providing inpatient maternity care in rural areas for Medicaid enrollees and illustrates how access to these services could be affected if additional rural hospitals were to close or eliminate those services. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kindergarten Routine Vaccination Rates Continue to Decline</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/kindergarten-routine-vaccination-rates-continue-to-decline/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffcarenec]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 14:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[COVID-19]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Measles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaccines]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This issue brief provides an update on the latest trends in kindergarten children's routine vaccination and exemption rates. Over three-quarters of states had measles, mumps, rubella (MMR) vaccination rates below the “target” rate of 95% for the 2025-2026 school year.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Status of State Medicaid Expansion Decisions</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/status-of-state-medicaid-expansion-decisions/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffmichaelp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 13:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This page displays an interactive map of the current status of state decisions on the Affordable Care Act's Medicaid expansion. Additional Medicaid expansion resources are listed (with links) below the map.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>5 Questions and Answers About Medicaid and Provider Taxes</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/5-questions-and-answers-about-medicaid-and-provider-taxes/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/5-questions-and-answers-about-medicaid-and-provider-taxes/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jada Raphael]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 20:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal Budget]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.kff.org/?p=715179</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[This issue brief uses data from KFF’s  2025-2026 survey of Medicaid directors and from a proposed rule on provider taxes to describe states’ current provider taxes, explore how rules governing provider taxes are changing because of the 2025 reconciliation law and the regulations implementing that law, and summarizes which changes may affect each state. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>New Guidance on Public Charge Determinations Does Not Specify Key Concepts, Likely Resulting in Immigrant Families Facing Ongoing Confusion and Fear</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/quick-insights/new-guidance-on-public-charge-determinations-does-not-specify-key-concepts-likely-resulting-in-immigrant-families-facing-ongoing-confusion-and-fear/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffaeronw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 20:17:55 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigrant Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[While the DHS guidance provides more details on public charge determinations under the new rule, it leaves key concepts unspecified and grants substantial discretion to individual immigration officers. This will likely result in ongoing confusion and fear among immigrant families that may deter them and their citizen children from participating in programs that help pay for health care, housing, or food even if they are eligible.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Analysis: At Least 37 States Have Medicaid State Directed Payments for Hospital Services That Could Be Reduced by the 2025 Reconciliation Law Limits</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/analysis-at-least-37-states-have-medicaid-state-directed-payments-for-hospital-services-that-could-be-reduced-by-the-2025-reconciliation-law-limits/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffrainl]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[An estimated $60 billion in federal Medicaid spending in 37 states (including the District of Columbia) would likely exceed new federal limits on state directed payments for hospital services once fully implemented, a new KFF analysis finds. States with the biggest potential reductions in Medicaid payments to hospitals include California, Illinois, Kentucky, Texas, North Carolina, Louisiana, Arizona and Michigan.]]></description>
		
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			<media:description type="html">At Least 37 States Have Medicaid State Directed Payments 
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		<title>At Least 37 States Have Medicaid State Directed Payments for Hospital Services That Could Be Reduced by the 2025 Reconciliation Law Limits</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/at-least-37-states-have-medicaid-state-directed-payments-for-hospital-services-that-could-be-reduced-by-the-2025-reconciliation-law-limits/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Scott Hulver]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:51:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This analysis estimates the number of states impacted by and the amount of current federal spending on Medicaid state directed payments for hospital services that exceeds the new limits established by the 2025 reconciliation law when fully implemented.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Optional Medicaid and CHIP Coverage for Lawfully Present Immigrant Children Could Mitigate Coverage Losses Due to 2025 Reconciliation Law</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/racial-equity-and-health-policy/optional-medicaid-and-chip-coverage-for-lawfully-present-immigrant-children-could-mitigate-coverage-losses-due-to-2025-reconciliation-law/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffakashp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Immigrant Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racial Equity and Health Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access to Care]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This brief provides an overview of health coverage of noncitizen children to provide greater insight into the potential role of Immigrant Children’s Health Improvement Act (ICHIA) coverage in limiting the 2025 reconciliation law's impact on coverage for lawfully present immigrant children. ]]></description>
		
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			<media:title type="html">Optional Medicaid and CHIP Coverage for Lawfully Present Immigrant Children Could Mitigate Coverage Losses Due to 2025 Reconciliation Law</media:title>
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		<title>New Regulation Prohibits Federal Medicaid Funds From Covering Gender-Affirming Medical Care for Young People</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/quick-insights/new-regulation-prohibits-federal-medicaid-funds-from-covering-gender-affirming-medical-care-for-young-people/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffcarenec]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 13:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[LGBTQ]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[If states do not provide coverage with state-only dollars and [gender-affirming] care cannot be financed in other ways, thousands of young people could be without a way to access what remains a recommended medical intervention.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Prior Authorization Metrics Provide New Insights into Insurer Practices, but Gaps Remain</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/patient-consumer-protections/prior-authorization-metrics-provide-new-insights-into-insurer-practices-but-gaps-remain/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffraynaw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Patient and Consumer Protections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACA Marketplaces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Managed Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Advantage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prior Authorization]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This analysis of available 2025 prior authorization data finds insurers denied at least 1 in 8 standard requests for prior authorization across three insurance markets: Medicare Advantage, Medicaid managed care, and the federally facilitated ACA Marketplaces. Denial rates varied wide segments by insurer. The analysis highlights limitations of the data and challenges for consumers interpreting it.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Variability in Reimbursement Rates for State-funded Abortion Services for Medicaid Enrollees: A 2026 Update</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/variability-in-rebimbursement-rates-for-state-funded-abortion-services-for-medicaid-enrollees-a-2026-update/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women's Health Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access to Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reproductive Health]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This KFF analysis examines physician fee schedules for medication abortion and abortion procedures to see what states that use their own state funds to pay for abortion services are reimbursing for providing abortion services to Medicaid enrollees.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tracking Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law: Medicaid Work Requirements</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/medicaid-work-requirements-tracker-overview/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/medicaid-work-requirements-tracker-overview/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffmichaelp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:21:23 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Health Policy and Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enrollment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid Work Requirements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Waivers]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.kff.org/?p=698374</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[KFF's interactive tracks key data and policies that will affect how states implement Medicaid work requirements, which are required under the 2025 budget reconciliation law starting in January 2027. The tracker includes state-level data on Medicaid enrollment and renewal outcomes as well as current state enrollment and renewal policies. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tracking Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law: Medicaid Work Requirements Implementation Questions</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/medicaid-work-requirements-tracker-implementation-questions/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/medicaid-work-requirements-tracker-implementation-questions/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffmichaelp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:21:20 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid Work Requirements]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A list of the implementation questions relating to the Medicaid work requirements in the 2025 Reconciliation law.  ]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">698387</post-id>
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		<title>Tracking Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law Medicaid Work Requirements: 1115-waivers</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/medicaid-work-requirements-tracker-1115-waivers/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/medicaid-work-requirements-tracker-1115-waivers/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffmichaelp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:21:18 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid Work Requirements]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false"/>

					<description><![CDATA[State-by-state information on Medicaid 1115 work requirement waivers.]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">698392</post-id>
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		<title>Tracking Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law Medicaid Work Requirements: Related Resources</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/medicaid-work-requirements-tracker-resources/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/medicaid-work-requirements-tracker-resources/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffmichaelp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:21:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid Work Requirements]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[KFF resources on the Medicaid work requirements in the 2025 Reconcilation law. ]]></description>
		
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		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">698395</post-id>
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		<title>Tracking Implementation of the 2025 Reconciliation Law: Medicaid Work Requirements Data and Policies</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/medicaid-work-requirements-tracker-state-national-data-and-policies/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/medicaid-work-requirements-tracker-state-national-data-and-policies/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffmichaelp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 21:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid Work Requirements]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Detailed state and national data related to the 2025 Reconciliation Law Medicaid Work Requirements]]></description>
		
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		<title>States That Have Expanded Eligibility for Coverage of Family Planning Services Under Medicaid</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/state-indicator/family-planning-services-waivers/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffadarab]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Health Policy and Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women's Health Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Planning]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://staging.kff.alley.ws/state-indicator/family-planning-services-waivers/</guid>

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		<title>Five Key Facts About People Experiencing Homelessness</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/five-key-facts-about-people-experiencing-homelessness/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/five-key-facts-about-people-experiencing-homelessness/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffcarenec]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:22:05 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racial Equity and Health Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race/Ethnicity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Substance Use]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This data note reviews trends in homelessness and characteristics of people who are homeless using data from HUD’s Point-in-Time (PIT) count of sheltered and unsheltered people experiencing homelessness.]]></description>
		
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