KFF Health News journalists made the rounds on national or local media recently to discuss topical stories. Here’s a collection of their appearances.

Texas clinics, in particular, are worried about their ability to meet patient needs once people begin losing insurance under ...

The unwinding process has resulted in significant drops in Medicaid enrollment across the U.S. in recent years.

The rate of uninsured Americans stayed essentially stable last year — between 8.6% and 9.7% — as Medicaid and Affordable Care Act marketplace offerings offset losses of employer coverage.

The uninsured rate could hit 8.9% over the next decade because of Medicaid unwinding and the loss of the subsidies, according to recent projections from the Congressional Budget Office.

New CDC survey data show 7.7% of Americans had no health insurance as of this past March — a “record low” uninsured rate. But that doesn't factor in the widespread Medicaid unwinding.

The uninsured rate is 7.7% this year with 26 million people lacking health coverage, up from an all-time low of 7.2% in 2023, according to the CBO. The nonpartisan legislative branch agency ...

Still, because of the way the Census Bureau reports the uninsured rate, the full impact of the unwinding won’t be known until the 2026 report. Beyond Medicaid, several other factors boosted the number ...

Medicaid expansion was associated with a lower uninsured rate among young Americans, according to a study from the Urban Institute, a left-leaning think tank. The study examined how the ACA’s ...

Overall, Texas has the worst coverage rate for kids in the country, with nearly 12% going uninsured in 2023 — up from nearly 11% in 2022. A number of issues are driving the numbers.

Issues with Medicaid coverage, including long wait times, abrupt loss of coverage and lack of political will to expand it, have contributed to Texas’ high uninsured rate for children.