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		<title>Breaking Down the U.S. Global Health Budget by Program Area</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/breaking-down-the-u-s-global-health-budget-by-program-area/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffaeronw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Health Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ebola]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Fund]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Health Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infectious Disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malaria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maternal and Child Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PEPFAR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tuberculosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Government Programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zika Virus]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The U.S. government is the largest donor to global health in the world. This fact sheet breaks down the U.S. global health budget by program area: HIV/PEPFAR; tuberculosis; malaria/the President's Malaria Initiative; the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; maternal &#38; child health; nutrition; family planning &#38; reproductive health; global health security; and neglected tropical diseases. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Medicaid Waiver Tracker: Approved and Pending Section 1115 Waivers by State</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/medicaid-waiver-tracker-approved-and-pending-section-1115-waivers-by-state/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffmadelineg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:45:08 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Health Policy and Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid Work Requirements]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Section 1115 Medicaid waivers can allow states to test new approaches in Medicaid that differ from what is required by federal law. This page tracks approved and pending waiver provisions (including expansions and restrictions) related to eligibility, benefits, and social determinants of health and other delivery system reforms.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why KFF Is Launching a Podcast on the Business of Health</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/other-health/why-kff-is-launching-podcast-on-business-of-health/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/other-health/why-kff-is-launching-podcast-on-business-of-health/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffmichaelp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Other Health]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[To kick off KFF’s Business of Health with Chip Kahn, KFF’s Drew Altman explains how KFF is continually evolving to research, analyze and lead on health policy. Chip and Drew discuss how KFF’s new podcast will break down the business side of health care, artificial intelligence, and what it all means for health care delivery and patients. 
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		<title>Overview of President Trump’s Executive Actions Impacting LGBTQ+ Health</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/lgbtq/overview-of-president-trumps-executive-actions-impacting-lgbtq-health/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffbritw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 07:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[LGBTQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access to Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Orientation]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.kff.org/?post_type=fact-sheet&#038;p=654315</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[This tracker examines Executive Actions taken by the Trump administration that have the potential to impact LGBTQ+ people’s health. It lists the action taken by date, provisions relevant to LGBTQ+ health, and describes potential impact, including litigation challenging these actions.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Employers Support Lower-Waged Workers&#8217; Access to Health Insurance Options</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/private-insurance/how-employers-support-lower-waged-workers-access-to-health-insurance-options/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/private-insurance/how-employers-support-lower-waged-workers-access-to-health-insurance-options/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kfftammies]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Low Income]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This analysis examines the costs, availability, and take-up of health benefits for workers with lower wages, using survey data and focus groups with more than 100 U.S. employers with over a quarter of a million employees. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>UNFPA Funding and Kemp-Kasten: An Explainer</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/unfpa-funding-and-kemp-kasten-an-explainer/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffcarenec]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 20:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Health Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Cooperation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reproductive Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Government Programs]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.kff.org/?post_type=issue-brief&#038;p=654013</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[This fact sheet provides an overview of the history of the Kemp-Kasten amendment, which states that no U.S. funds may be made available to “any organization or program which, as determined by the president of the United States, supports or participates in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization,” and examines its current application. Since enacted in 1985, Kemp-Kasten has often been used to withhold funding from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA).]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What Are the Recent Trends in Employer-Based Health Coverage?</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/long-term-trends-in-employer-based-coverage/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffashleyj]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 16:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.kff.org?p=391356&#038;post_type=issue-brief&#038;preview_id=391356</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Employer-sponsored health insurance is the largest source of health coverage for people under 65, covering 165.6 million people in March 2025. This analysis examines who among people under 65 have employer coverage and which workers are offered and eligible for coverage at their jobs, using the Annual Economic and Social (March) Supplements of the Current Population Survey.]]></description>
		
		
		
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			<media:description type="html">Chart shows the share of individuals under age 65 with employer-sponsored health insurance, overall and by poverty level in 2025. Low- and moderate-income people are less likely to have employer-sponsored health insurance. </media:description>
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		<title>Americans’ Challenges with Health Care Costs</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/americans-challenges-with-health-care-costs/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffaeronw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racial Equity and Health Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High-Deductible Plans]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This data note reviews our recent polling data that finds that many Americans struggle to afford many aspects of health care, including disproportionate shares of uninsured adults, Black and Hispanic adults and those with lower incomes. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance 101</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/health-policy-101-employer-sponsored-health-insurance/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffcarenec]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 17:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Benefits]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This Health Policy 101 chapter explores employer-sponsored health insurance (ESI), the primary health coverage source for U.S. residents under age 65. In addition to detailing ESI requirements and incentives, structure, availability, and costs, the chapter examines ongoing challenges related to affordability and access to care for those with ESI coverage. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Global COVID-19 Tracker</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/covid-19/global-covid-19-tracker/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffannar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 16:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This tracker provides data on global COVID-19 cases and deaths by country, region, and income-level. Additionally, the tracker reports current closure, economic, and health system policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic globally. This tracker will be updated as new data are available.  ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Podcast Trailer: KFF’s The Business of Health </title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/other-health/podcast-trailer-kffs-the-business-of-health/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/other-health/podcast-trailer-kffs-the-business-of-health/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffmichaelp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Other Health]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this trailer, podcast host Chip Kahn, Senior Visiting Fellow, explains the focus of “The Business of Health” and why understanding the health care business matters for policy and for patients.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Implementing Medicaid Work Requirements: Lessons from Unwinding</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/implementing-medicaid-work-requirements-lessons-from-unwinding/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffamayad]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access to Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eligibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enrollment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid Work Requirements]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This brief highlights lessons from “Medicaid unwinding" that could help inform work requirement implementation. State experience with Medicaid unwinding illustrated the complexity of Medicaid eligibility processes and that outcomes reflect federal and state policy decisions, implementation and systems. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>KFF Tracker: America First MOU Bilateral Global Health Agreements</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/global-health-policy/kff-tracker-america-first-mou-bilateral-global-health-agreements/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffannar]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:06:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Financing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Health Aid Cuts]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This tracker provides up-to-date information on countries with signed bilateral MOU global health agreements with the U.S. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Domestic HIV Funding in the White House FY2027 Budget Request</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/hiv-aids/domestic-hiv-funding-in-the-white-house-fy2027-budget-request/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV/AIDS in U.S.]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This brief provides on overview of funding proposals for domestic HIV programs and initiatives in President Trump’s FY27 budget request to Congress. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Key Facts about the Uninsured Population</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/uninsured/key-facts-about-the-uninsured-population/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffaeronw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 17:12:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigrant Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Health Policy and Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uninsured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACA Marketplaces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access to Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chronic Diseases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eligibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Low Income]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Subsidies]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The number and share of people without insurance grew in 2024, increasing for the first time since 2019, according to KFF's analysis of data from the American Community Survey (ACS). This issue brief describes trends in health coverage in 2024, examines the characteristics of the uninsured population , and summarizes the access and financial implications of not having coverage.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Abortion Pill’s Safety Called into Question in Congressional Actions Based on Misleading Data — The Monitor</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-information-trust/abortion-pills-safety-called-into-question-in-congressional-actions-based-on-misleading-data/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffhagerey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Information and Trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food and Drug Administration (FDA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[False claims about the safety of mifepristone are driving legislative and investigative action in Congress, even as major medical organizations and decades of clinical evidence support the drug’s safety. And competing interpretations of what censorship and free speech mean are impacting how health misinformation is moderated.]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">706156</post-id>
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		<title>The HPV Vaccine: Access and Use in the U.S.</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/the-hpv-vaccine-access-and-use-in-the-u-s/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffbryanacs]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Women's Health Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reproductive Health]]></category>
		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.kff.org?p=268758&#038;post_type=fact-sheet&#038;preview_id=268758</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[This factsheet discusses HPV and related cancers, use of the HPV vaccines for both females and males, and insurance coverage and access to the vaccines.]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">268758</post-id>
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		<title>Litigation Involving Reproductive Health and Rights in the Federal Courts</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/litigation-involving-reproductive-health-and-rights-in-the-federal-courts/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/litigation-involving-reproductive-health-and-rights-in-the-federal-courts/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffmichaelp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<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 State and Federal Reproductive Rights Litigation tracker aggregates information about ongoing litigation regarding abortion bans and restrictions, FDA approval of Mifepristone (an abortion pill) and other federal regulations.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tracking Key Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Actions Under the Trump Administration</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/mental-health/tracking-key-mental-health-and-substance-use-policy-actions-under-the-trump-administration/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffnirmitap]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 19:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access to Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gun Violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opioids]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new KFF tracker highlights key federal policy actions during President Trump’s second term that concern issues related to mental health and substance use. The second Trump administration has emphasized law-and-order strategies and scaled back several mental health and substance use-related services, while also continuing some treatment-focused initiatives. The tracker can be viewed in multiple ways, including chronological order of policy actions and by category (Mental Health; Opioids/Substance Use Disorder; Federal Infrastructure/ Data/Guidance; and Gun Violence).]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Measles Elimination Status: What It Is and How the U.S. Could Lose It</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/other-health/measles-elimination-status-what-it-is-and-how-the-u-s-could-lose-it/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffcarenec]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 16:16:13 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Other Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health and Human Services (HHS)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Measles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaccines]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This policy watch examines the United States’ measles elimination status, including what it means to eliminate measles, whether the current measles outbreak could threaten the country’s measles elimination status, and what losing that status might mean for measles control.]]></description>
		
		
		
		<post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">669901</post-id>
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