
ALT About Half of Parents Mistakenly Believe Spacing Out Vaccines Is Healthier for Children; Half Say No Strong Evidence to Support Such a Claim. The chart shows response rates from U.S. adults, including parents, about which answer comes closest to their view, even if neither is exactly right: “Children are healthier when their vaccines are spaced out and they don’t get multiple shots in one visit” or “There is no strong evidence that spacing out vaccines or avoiding multiple shots in one visit is healthier for children.”

ALT Map of the United States titled "Eight States Have Relatively Generous Guaranteed Issue Protections on an Either Continuous or Annual Basis." The map shows states with expanded protections (green) and those that exceed federal standards (purple). The other states, highlighted in blue, offer protections on either a continuous or annual basis. States with only federal minimum standards are in gray. A key provides information on the protection categories. The KFF logo is in the bottom corner.

ALT The image is an informational graphic by KFF. It states, "Nearly 3 in 4 enrollees in Medicare Advantage have a pre-existing medical condition that could trigger a denial for a Medigap policy if they switch to traditional Medicare and seek supplemental coverage." There are three filled blue circles and one empty circle above the text. The source is also noted at the bottom.

ALT Podcast episode titled 'AI in Health Care: Who Gets Left Behind?' by KFF's The Business of Health with Chip Kahn, featuring Dr. Uché Blackstock. Quote says: “Patients are using AI and social media because of gaps in the health care system that they experience, because they ... have to wait a long time for appointments to their doctors because they want more information than they get from their clinicians ... because they want to spend more time with their clinicians. So we have to involve them and I think that's how we can help with the trust piece and really involve them. There is a role to have them participate in how we're developing AI and how we're going to use AI.”

ALT The image is a map of the United States showing the average monthly Medigap premiums for 2025 by state. The average monthly Medigap premium across all current Medigap policyholders was $244. The map includes values for each state, ranging from $214 in Hawaii to $306 in New York. Source: KFF analysis of Medicare Supplement Market Data from Mark Farrah Associates Health Coverage Portal TM, 2025. Excludes territories. In California, only data from NAIC is included and not data from the Department of Managed Health Care that is not reported to the NAIC.

ALT KFF graph titled "There Were Over 275,000 Pending Green Card Applications for Refugees and Asylees as of the Third Quarter of 2026." The line graph shows pending green card applications for refugees and asylees from fiscal years 2021 to 2026. Asylees' applications start at 87,997 in FY21, peaking at 126,267 by FY26 (Q3). Refugees' applications start at 24,983 in FY21 and rise to 149,470 by FY26 (Q3). The graph highlights increasing trends for both groups. Data source: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

ALT Podcast episode titled 'AI in Health Care: Who Gets Left Behind?' by KFF's The Business of Health with Chip Kahn, featuring Dr. Uché Blackstock. Quote says: “If we leaders within healthcare are thinking about how we use AI intentionally and responsibly, and we're getting ongoing feedback and including all the key stakeholders we need to like, that is something that can improve care. But I am very clear eyed about the potential harm that it can cause in terms of perpetuating inequities if we're not intentional about it.”

ALT Podcast episode titled 'AI in Health Care: Who Gets Left Behind?' by KFF's The Business of Health with Chip Kahn, featuring Dr. Uché Blackstock. Quote says: “If we leaders within healthcare are thinking about how we use AI intentionally and responsibly, and we're getting ongoing feedback and including all the key stakeholders we need to like, that is something that can improve care. But I am very clear eyed about the potential harm that it can cause in terms of perpetuating inequities if we're not intentional about it.”










