Rakesh Singh
@rsingh.bsky.social
VP of Health Policy Initiatives, KFF
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No one likes prior authorization review. But could we get rid of it? My new column: www.kff.org/from-drew-al...
Why We Are Stuck with Prior Authorization Review
Prior authorization review frustrates patients and physicians, but we likely can’t just eliminate it. In his new column, President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman discusses why, and why the focus is now inste...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
No one likes prior authorization review. But could we get rid of it? My new column: www.kff.org/from-drew-al...
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⚡ KFF’s @sartiga.bsky.social explains that the proposed change to the public charge rule would likely lead to further declines in use of health care and programs among immigrant families. #QuickTake https://on.kff.org/445QwKs
November 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
⚡ KFF’s @sartiga.bsky.social explains that the proposed change to the public charge rule would likely lead to further declines in use of health care and programs among immigrant families. #QuickTake https://on.kff.org/445QwKs
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Really excited to share our latest survey of immigrants work @kff.org. We're able to see how immigrants are faring now amid increased immigration enforcement compared to 2023. Check out our KFF reports below and stories from @nytimes.com
Our brand new survey of immigrants in partnership with @nytimes.com explores immigrants views and experiences under the second Trump administration. It finds increased fear, health and economic challenges amid immigration enforcement, but a remarkable resilience as well
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KFF/New York Times 2025 Survey of Immigrants | KFF
KFF/New York Times 2025 Survey of Immigrants The 2025 Survey of Immigrants, a partnership between KFF and The New York Times, takes an in-depth look at the experiences of immigrants during the first y...
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November 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Really excited to share our latest survey of immigrants work @kff.org. We're able to see how immigrants are faring now amid increased immigration enforcement compared to 2023. Check out our KFF reports below and stories from @nytimes.com
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Our survey of immigrants with the NYT, out now, shows while the immigration crackdown has caused fear and anxiety, immigrants still prefer the U.S. to where they came from and are optimistic about the future.
With that resilience, nativism can’t win long term.
With that resilience, nativism can’t win long term.
Under Trump, Immigrants Are More Fearful but Determined to Stay, Poll Finds
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November 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Our survey of immigrants with the NYT, out now, shows while the immigration crackdown has caused fear and anxiety, immigrants still prefer the U.S. to where they came from and are optimistic about the future.
With that resilience, nativism can’t win long term.
With that resilience, nativism can’t win long term.
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BREAKING: Trump is restoring a rule that penalizes lawfully present immigrants who use Medicaid, arguing that “government benefits should not incentivize immigration.”
Advocates warn the rule will cause both individual suffering & negative population-wide effects.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Advocates warn the rule will cause both individual suffering & negative population-wide effects.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Trump revives policy penalizing immigrants for using safety net programs
The public charge rule makes it harder for legal Medicaid enrollees to obtain a green card.
www.politico.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:59 PM
BREAKING: Trump is restoring a rule that penalizes lawfully present immigrants who use Medicaid, arguing that “government benefits should not incentivize immigration.”
Advocates warn the rule will cause both individual suffering & negative population-wide effects.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
Advocates warn the rule will cause both individual suffering & negative population-wide effects.
www.politico.com/news/2025/11...
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The share of veterans enrolled in Medicaid varies across states, ranging from as low as 6% in North Dakota and New Hampshire to as high as 15% in Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, and New York. https://on.kff.org/4p2i3Vl
November 11, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The share of veterans enrolled in Medicaid varies across states, ranging from as low as 6% in North Dakota and New Hampshire to as high as 15% in Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, and New York. https://on.kff.org/4p2i3Vl
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The July 2025 reconciliation law created a $50B rural health fund to help offset the impact of the law on rural areas. Our brief suggests that state awards from most of the fund could vary only modestly despite large differences in rural health needs 👇(1/9): www.kff.org/state-health...
State Awards From Most of the Rural Health Fund Could Vary Only Modestly Despite Large Differences in Rural Needs | KFF
This brief provides estimates of how $37.5 billion of the $50 billion rural health fund could be distributed across states if all states are approved for funding. Awards from the $37.5 billion could r...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The July 2025 reconciliation law created a $50B rural health fund to help offset the impact of the law on rural areas. Our brief suggests that state awards from most of the fund could vary only modestly despite large differences in rural health needs 👇(1/9): www.kff.org/state-health...
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NEW: Trump's weight loss drug deal promises big savings — but some details are murky
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Trump's weight loss drug deal promises big savings — but some details are murky
Experts say the deal to lower the cost of the drugs is ambitious, but left some with more questions than answers.
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November 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM
NEW: Trump's weight loss drug deal promises big savings — but some details are murky
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We also play this out in the 2025 election on Tuesday www.kff.org/quick-take/w...
What the Election Results Tell Us about the Economy and Health Care Costs
After Tuesday's elections, it is becoming increasingly difficult to disentangle concerns about the economy and concerns about health care as costs become the most pressing health care issue for voters...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
We also play this out in the 2025 election on Tuesday www.kff.org/quick-take/w...
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the 2025 World Series MVP 🏆
He joins Hideki Matsui (2009) as the only Japanese-born winners of the award.
He joins Hideki Matsui (2009) as the only Japanese-born winners of the award.
November 2, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the 2025 World Series MVP 🏆
He joins Hideki Matsui (2009) as the only Japanese-born winners of the award.
He joins Hideki Matsui (2009) as the only Japanese-born winners of the award.
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To anyone not into baseball I’m sorry but also get into baseball
November 1, 2025 at 3:00 AM
To anyone not into baseball I’m sorry but also get into baseball
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Across all states, benchmark ACA premiums will rise an average of 26% next year, though most enrollees would see sharper increases if the enhanced tax credits expire.
KFF’s Cynthia Cox explains the numbers. #QuickTake https://on.kff.org/3WNhiDz
KFF’s Cynthia Cox explains the numbers. #QuickTake https://on.kff.org/3WNhiDz
October 28, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Across all states, benchmark ACA premiums will rise an average of 26% next year, though most enrollees would see sharper increases if the enhanced tax credits expire.
KFF’s Cynthia Cox explains the numbers. #QuickTake https://on.kff.org/3WNhiDz
KFF’s Cynthia Cox explains the numbers. #QuickTake https://on.kff.org/3WNhiDz
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Leaving it all out there, illustrated.
October 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Leaving it all out there, illustrated.
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Millions of Americans are bracing themselves for a significant hike in their 2026 health insurance premiums without the subsidies at the center of the government shutdown battle. It comes as insurance costs are rising significantly throughout the country.
October 23, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Millions of Americans are bracing themselves for a significant hike in their 2026 health insurance premiums without the subsidies at the center of the government shutdown battle. It comes as insurance costs are rising significantly throughout the country.
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Shohei Ohtani Just Had the Best Playoff Game in Major League History blogs.fangraphs.com/shohei-ohtan...
Shohei Ohtani Just Had the Best Playoff Game in Major League History
Ohtani’s Game 4 of the 2025 NLCS is the Millennial version of Bob Gibson’s Game 7 of the 1967 World Series.
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October 18, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Shohei Ohtani Just Had the Best Playoff Game in Major League History blogs.fangraphs.com/shohei-ohtan...
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They are restaurateurs and beauticians, chiropractors and funeral directors. They are freelancers, contractors and gig workers.
And they now find themselves stuck in the middle of the political battle that has shut down the government.
And they now find themselves stuck in the middle of the political battle that has shut down the government.
The workers whose health care is most at stake in the government shutdown
About 10 million small-business owners, employees and the self-employed are caught in the middle of the shutdown fight over the Affordable Care Act.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM
They are restaurateurs and beauticians, chiropractors and funeral directors. They are freelancers, contractors and gig workers.
And they now find themselves stuck in the middle of the political battle that has shut down the government.
And they now find themselves stuck in the middle of the political battle that has shut down the government.
Reminder, going into this year, HHS had more than 80,000 employees located across the U.S. and the world, and half of the workforce was outside the greater Washington, D.C. area. www.kff.org/affordable-c...
#Breaking: HHS employees to be fired as White House enacts mass terminations it blames on shutdown www.statnews.com/2025/10/10/h...
HHS employees to be fired as White House enacts mass terminations it blames on shutdown
Federal health employees are being fired as the White House makes good on a promise to terminate federal employees en masse because of the shutdown.
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October 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Reminder, going into this year, HHS had more than 80,000 employees located across the U.S. and the world, and half of the workforce was outside the greater Washington, D.C. area. www.kff.org/affordable-c...
New from @cynthiaccox.bsky.social Is it Too Late for ACA Insurers to Change Their Premiums? www.kff.org/quick-take/i...
October 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
New from @cynthiaccox.bsky.social Is it Too Late for ACA Insurers to Change Their Premiums? www.kff.org/quick-take/i...
Course-ready content for 2025–26: 16 updated modular Health Policy 101 chapters edited by @drewaltman.bsky.social, organized by core topics, and updated at least annually so the fundamentals can link to current events like the 2025 reconciliation law. www.kff.org/other-health... Image by ChatGPT.
October 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Course-ready content for 2025–26: 16 updated modular Health Policy 101 chapters edited by @drewaltman.bsky.social, organized by core topics, and updated at least annually so the fundamentals can link to current events like the 2025 reconciliation law. www.kff.org/other-health... Image by ChatGPT.
New 2025 edition of Health Policy 101 is live. Chapters span Medicaid, the ACA, Medicare, costs, public health, and more. The update reflects major 2025 developments, including the federal budget reconciliation law’s changes to Medicaid and the ACA. www.kff.org/other-health...
Health Policy 101 Introduction | KFF
Health Policy 101 is a comprehensive guide covering fundamental aspects of U.S. health policy and programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, employer-sponsored insurance, the uni...
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October 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
New 2025 edition of Health Policy 101 is live. Chapters span Medicaid, the ACA, Medicare, costs, public health, and more. The update reflects major 2025 developments, including the federal budget reconciliation law’s changes to Medicaid and the ACA. www.kff.org/other-health...
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There have been a number of congressional and administrative actions undertaken by the Trump administration that are going to impact health coverage and care for immigrant families across America. New piece by @kff.org discusses all the changes in one place
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October 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
There have been a number of congressional and administrative actions undertaken by the Trump administration that are going to impact health coverage and care for immigrant families across America. New piece by @kff.org discusses all the changes in one place
www.kff.org/immigrant-he...
www.kff.org/immigrant-he...
Looking forward to the world premiere screening of Diamond Diplomacy, a film "exploring the long and complex relationship between the U.S. and Japan through the shared love of baseball."https://www.diamonddiplomacy.com/
Diamond Diplomacy
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October 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Looking forward to the world premiere screening of Diamond Diplomacy, a film "exploring the long and complex relationship between the U.S. and Japan through the shared love of baseball."https://www.diamonddiplomacy.com/
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This is a remarkable statistic: 18.7 million out of the 24.3 million Obamacare enrollees are in states won by President Trump in 2024.
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October 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This is a remarkable statistic: 18.7 million out of the 24.3 million Obamacare enrollees are in states won by President Trump in 2024.
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www.kff.org/quick-take/m...
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Support for Congress to extend the enhanced premium tax credits remains very high, even among Republicans and MAGA supporters.
October 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Support for Congress to extend the enhanced premium tax credits remains very high, even among Republicans and MAGA supporters.
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H.R.1 ends health coverage eligibility for many lawfully present immigrants. It doesn't change health coverage options for undocumented immigrants who are already ineligible for federally funded health coverage under longstanding policy. More on this @kff.org : www.kff.org/quick-take/r...
Rolling Back the Big Beautiful Bill’s Health Care Provisions Would Not Provide Health Care to Undocumented Immigrants
Undocumented immigrants are not eligible for federally funded health coverage. The GOP’s Big Beautiful Bill didn’t change that. Overturning the health care provisions in the law won’t either.
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October 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
H.R.1 ends health coverage eligibility for many lawfully present immigrants. It doesn't change health coverage options for undocumented immigrants who are already ineligible for federally funded health coverage under longstanding policy. More on this @kff.org : www.kff.org/quick-take/r...