Policy analysis and polling KFF publishes analysis, polling and journalism about health-care issues, and states that much of its work concerns those who are especially vulnerable to health-care costs, such as those with low incomes, the
uninsured, those with chronic illnesses, or
Medicaid/
Medicare recipients. In addition to domestic U.S. health policy issues, KFF also conducts work on the U.S. role in global health policy. In 2010, KFF began providing resources for consumers seeking information about the then new health insurance law, the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. These resources included a series of animated videos explaining the health law and health insurance terms as well as a calculator for people to estimate what health insurance coverage would cost them. In early 2020, its analysis and polling focused heavily on the
COVID-19 pandemic. KFF is also well known for public opinion research, documenting the views and experiences of the public on health and related issuesoften in partnership with major news organizations, such as
The Washington Post and
The New York Times.
Health news and information KFF Health News As one of the core programs of KFF, KFF Health News focuses on coverage of health care policy and politics. KFF Health News provides coverage of health policy issues and developments at the federal and state levels in the health care marketplace and health care delivery system. It was formerly known as Kaiser Health News (KHN), but was renamed to communicate that it's part of KFF. In 2020 and 2024, KFF Health News reporters were finalists for a
Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting for exposing how the
Social Security Administration routinely reduced or suspended monthly checks to take back funds to pay off large debts that were often created by its own miscalculation of people’s benefits, and for exposing predatory bill collection by the
University of Virginia Health System that squeezed low-income patientsmany into bankruptcyforcing the non-profit, state-run hospital to change its tactics.
Health Information and Trust Initiative In 2023, KFF launched the Health Information and Trust Initiative for tracking health misinformation in the U.S, analyzing its impact on the American people, and mobilizing media to address the problem.
Past initiatives KFF formerly sponsored training and site visits for health care reporters. KFF previously worked with major media and corporate partners, government agencies and health departments, national leadership and community organizations, and other partners to create large-scale public information campaigns on pressing health and social issues, mostly on HIV/AIDS, most notably, the Greater Than HIV, Greater than Covid, and Get Yourself Tested campaigns. ==History==