Cynthia Cox
@cynthiaccox.bsky.social
Vice President @KFF.org researching #HealthPolicy. Focus on the #AffordableCareAct health care costs, outcomes & access to care. Lead a partnership with the Peterson Center on Healthcare tracking U.S. health system performance www.healthsystemtracker.org
The American Community Survey (ACS) is used for so many basic, fundamental statistics, like:
How many people live in each state or congressional district?
Are they married? Do they have children?
Are they employed?
What's their income?
What health insurance do they have?
And now it’s offline
How many people live in each state or congressional district?
Are they married? Do they have children?
Are they employed?
What's their income?
What health insurance do they have?
And now it’s offline
February 5, 2025 at 1:37 AM
The American Community Survey (ACS) is used for so many basic, fundamental statistics, like:
How many people live in each state or congressional district?
Are they married? Do they have children?
Are they employed?
What's their income?
What health insurance do they have?
And now it’s offline
How many people live in each state or congressional district?
Are they married? Do they have children?
Are they employed?
What's their income?
What health insurance do they have?
And now it’s offline
14/x
HSRA’s Area Health Resource File is offline. AHRF “provides data on health care professions, health facilities, population characteristics, economics, health professions training, hospital utilization, hospital expenditures, and environment at the county, state, and national levels”
HSRA’s Area Health Resource File is offline. AHRF “provides data on health care professions, health facilities, population characteristics, economics, health professions training, hospital utilization, hospital expenditures, and environment at the county, state, and national levels”
February 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
14/x
HSRA’s Area Health Resource File is offline. AHRF “provides data on health care professions, health facilities, population characteristics, economics, health professions training, hospital utilization, hospital expenditures, and environment at the county, state, and national levels”
HSRA’s Area Health Resource File is offline. AHRF “provides data on health care professions, health facilities, population characteristics, economics, health professions training, hospital utilization, hospital expenditures, and environment at the county, state, and national levels”
Even after spending the last 24 hours looking at government data being taken down, I did not expect to see this
www.census.gov
www.census.gov
January 31, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Even after spending the last 24 hours looking at government data being taken down, I did not expect to see this
www.census.gov
www.census.gov
The Census website was just taken down.
January 31, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The Census website was just taken down.
(Continued thread)
Another dataset taken down: The Demographic and Health Surveys, an effort supported by USAID and widely used across the world, are not currently available
Another dataset taken down: The Demographic and Health Surveys, an effort supported by USAID and widely used across the world, are not currently available
January 31, 2025 at 8:13 PM
(Continued thread)
Another dataset taken down: The Demographic and Health Surveys, an effort supported by USAID and widely used across the world, are not currently available
Another dataset taken down: The Demographic and Health Surveys, an effort supported by USAID and widely used across the world, are not currently available
Also down: PEPFAR’s data dashboard. (For those not familiar, PEPFAR was started under George W Bush to control the HIV/AIDS pandemic. It’s the largest commitment by any nation to combat a single disease)
January 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Also down: PEPFAR’s data dashboard. (For those not familiar, PEPFAR was started under George W Bush to control the HIV/AIDS pandemic. It’s the largest commitment by any nation to combat a single disease)
8/ also offline: CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health
January 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
8/ also offline: CDC Division of Adolescent and School Health
6/ also offline: The President’s Malaria Initiative
January 31, 2025 at 7:33 PM
6/ also offline: The President’s Malaria Initiative
5/ Also offline: The CDC / ATSDR Environmental Justice Index is down.
EJI is (was?) a national, place-based tool designed to measure the cumulative impacts of environmental burden.
EJI is (was?) a national, place-based tool designed to measure the cumulative impacts of environmental burden.
January 31, 2025 at 7:06 PM
5/ Also offline: The CDC / ATSDR Environmental Justice Index is down.
EJI is (was?) a national, place-based tool designed to measure the cumulative impacts of environmental burden.
EJI is (was?) a national, place-based tool designed to measure the cumulative impacts of environmental burden.
3/ Also offline: the CDC ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index (A place-based index, database, and mapping application designed to identify and quantify communities experiencing social vulnerability)
January 31, 2025 at 6:36 PM
3/ Also offline: the CDC ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index (A place-based index, database, and mapping application designed to identify and quantify communities experiencing social vulnerability)
2/ Also offline: CDC AtlasPlus, which is (was?) an interactive tool that gives users the ability to create customized tables, maps, and charts using nearly 20 years of CDC's surveillance data (e.g. HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, TB, and Social Determinants of Health data)
January 31, 2025 at 6:35 PM
2/ Also offline: CDC AtlasPlus, which is (was?) an interactive tool that gives users the ability to create customized tables, maps, and charts using nearly 20 years of CDC's surveillance data (e.g. HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, TB, and Social Determinants of Health data)
CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) -- which, since 1990, has tracked high school students' behaviors that can influence health and social outcomes (like smoking, drug use, and dietary habits) -- is now offline
January 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) -- which, since 1990, has tracked high school students' behaviors that can influence health and social outcomes (like smoking, drug use, and dietary habits) -- is now offline
I think the “top priority question” is hard to interpret. Almost all democrats have a favorable view of the ACA yet ~1 in 5 said repeal/replace should be top priority for Congress.
Do some mean *flighting* repeal should be top priority?
Do some like the ACA but would replace it w Medicare-for-All?
Do some mean *flighting* repeal should be top priority?
Do some like the ACA but would replace it w Medicare-for-All?
January 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I think the “top priority question” is hard to interpret. Almost all democrats have a favorable view of the ACA yet ~1 in 5 said repeal/replace should be top priority for Congress.
Do some mean *flighting* repeal should be top priority?
Do some like the ACA but would replace it w Medicare-for-All?
Do some mean *flighting* repeal should be top priority?
Do some like the ACA but would replace it w Medicare-for-All?
Republicans are still mostly negative about the ACA, but the trend since 2021 (when enhanced tax credit passed) is interesting: growing shares of Republicans have favorable views of #obamacare.
Explore more trends in ACA polling with our interactive: www.kff.org/interactive/...
Explore more trends in ACA polling with our interactive: www.kff.org/interactive/...
January 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Republicans are still mostly negative about the ACA, but the trend since 2021 (when enhanced tax credit passed) is interesting: growing shares of Republicans have favorable views of #obamacare.
Explore more trends in ACA polling with our interactive: www.kff.org/interactive/...
Explore more trends in ACA polling with our interactive: www.kff.org/interactive/...
When Trump last prepared to take office, just 43% of the public had a favorable view of the ACA.
By the time the 2017 Repeal and Replace debates failed, favorability reached 52%.
Favorable views hovered around the mid-50%’s until 2021, when enhanced tax credits passed.
Today it reached 64%.
By the time the 2017 Repeal and Replace debates failed, favorability reached 52%.
Favorable views hovered around the mid-50%’s until 2021, when enhanced tax credits passed.
Today it reached 64%.
January 17, 2025 at 10:56 PM
When Trump last prepared to take office, just 43% of the public had a favorable view of the ACA.
By the time the 2017 Repeal and Replace debates failed, favorability reached 52%.
Favorable views hovered around the mid-50%’s until 2021, when enhanced tax credits passed.
Today it reached 64%.
By the time the 2017 Repeal and Replace debates failed, favorability reached 52%.
Favorable views hovered around the mid-50%’s until 2021, when enhanced tax credits passed.
Today it reached 64%.
But, the opposite could be what actually happens. A leaked Ways and Means list suggests rolling back on price negotiations (at a cost to the federal government of $20 billion over 10 years)
This is the opposite of what new @kff polling shows the public wants Congress to do.
This is the opposite of what new @kff polling shows the public wants Congress to do.
January 17, 2025 at 4:43 PM
But, the opposite could be what actually happens. A leaked Ways and Means list suggests rolling back on price negotiations (at a cost to the federal government of $20 billion over 10 years)
This is the opposite of what new @kff polling shows the public wants Congress to do.
This is the opposite of what new @kff polling shows the public wants Congress to do.
Our @KFF public opinion poll released today finds that 55% of adults say expanding the number of prescription drugs that the federal government negotiates the price on for people with Medicare should be a top priority for Congress and the Trump Admin.
January 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Our @KFF public opinion poll released today finds that 55% of adults say expanding the number of prescription drugs that the federal government negotiates the price on for people with Medicare should be a top priority for Congress and the Trump Admin.
A @kff.org analysis of the first 10 drugs selected for price negotiation last year showed that while the Medicare program negotiated steep discounts, the negotiated prices for those drugs are still higher than prices in similar countries
www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/how-me...
www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/how-me...
January 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
A @kff.org analysis of the first 10 drugs selected for price negotiation last year showed that while the Medicare program negotiated steep discounts, the negotiated prices for those drugs are still higher than prices in similar countries
www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/how-me...
www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/how-me...
Big News:
Ozempic and Wegovy — the blockbuster GLP-1 weight loss drug — are now officially subject to price negotiation under the Inflation Reduction Act
Negotiated prices apply to Medicare and it’s not yet clear what, if any, spillover effect this might have for people with private insurance
Ozempic and Wegovy — the blockbuster GLP-1 weight loss drug — are now officially subject to price negotiation under the Inflation Reduction Act
Negotiated prices apply to Medicare and it’s not yet clear what, if any, spillover effect this might have for people with private insurance
January 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Big News:
Ozempic and Wegovy — the blockbuster GLP-1 weight loss drug — are now officially subject to price negotiation under the Inflation Reduction Act
Negotiated prices apply to Medicare and it’s not yet clear what, if any, spillover effect this might have for people with private insurance
Ozempic and Wegovy — the blockbuster GLP-1 weight loss drug — are now officially subject to price negotiation under the Inflation Reduction Act
Negotiated prices apply to Medicare and it’s not yet clear what, if any, spillover effect this might have for people with private insurance
It’s hard to assess whether people get the right amount of health care (many are healthy and don’t need treatment).
But we have looked at preventive services and see similar shares of people with ACA coverage as employer coverage get recommended services www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/preven...
But we have looked at preventive services and see similar shares of people with ACA coverage as employer coverage get recommended services www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/preven...
January 15, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It’s hard to assess whether people get the right amount of health care (many are healthy and don’t need treatment).
But we have looked at preventive services and see similar shares of people with ACA coverage as employer coverage get recommended services www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/preven...
But we have looked at preventive services and see similar shares of people with ACA coverage as employer coverage get recommended services www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/preven...
NEW: The number of people with health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act has grown almost 60% since 2020. In some states, the number more than tripled.
The states with the most growth in #Obamacare coverage were won by President Trump in 2024
www.kff.org/affordable-c... @kff.org
The states with the most growth in #Obamacare coverage were won by President Trump in 2024
www.kff.org/affordable-c... @kff.org
January 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
NEW: The number of people with health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act has grown almost 60% since 2020. In some states, the number more than tripled.
The states with the most growth in #Obamacare coverage were won by President Trump in 2024
www.kff.org/affordable-c... @kff.org
The states with the most growth in #Obamacare coverage were won by President Trump in 2024
www.kff.org/affordable-c... @kff.org
NEW: A total of 44 million people have health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act (#Obamacare), including through the ACA's Medicaid Expansion, Marketplaces, and Basic Health Plan.
That's 1 in 6 people under age 65.
connect.kff.org/e3t/Ctc/RB+1...
That's 1 in 6 people under age 65.
connect.kff.org/e3t/Ctc/RB+1...
January 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
NEW: A total of 44 million people have health insurance coverage through the Affordable Care Act (#Obamacare), including through the ACA's Medicaid Expansion, Marketplaces, and Basic Health Plan.
That's 1 in 6 people under age 65.
connect.kff.org/e3t/Ctc/RB+1...
That's 1 in 6 people under age 65.
connect.kff.org/e3t/Ctc/RB+1...
Politico got a hold of a leaked list of GOP plans to cut federal spending on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
January 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Politico got a hold of a leaked list of GOP plans to cut federal spending on Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
Thank you @mcglamery.bsky.social for these masterpieces #kffdogs
January 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Thank you @mcglamery.bsky.social for these masterpieces #kffdogs
