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Feb 26, 2026

State Medicaid Budgets to Decline by Hundreds of Billions over the Next Decade; Impacts Vary Widely Across States

State Medicaid budgets are projected to experience reductions of $664 billion between 2025 and 2034 due to provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. RAND's analysis provides state-specific estimates of budget impact and enrollment changes.
Research

Feb 26, 2026

State-Level Impacts of Key Medicaid Provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

The authors developed state-level estimates of budget impact and enrollment changes through 2034 associated with key provisions of the July 2025 budget reconciliation law that affect Medicaid, the health insurance program for low-income individuals.
Research

Jan 20, 2026

School-entry Vaccine Exemptions in Maine Before and After Public Law 154, 2018-2023

We examined how this policy change affected vaccine exemption rates and clustering in kindergartens.
Research

Nov 21, 2025

The Relationship Between Certificate of Need Laws and Mortality

Using county-level death records, we conducted an event-study analysis comparing mortality rates in states that repealed their Certificate of Need laws to states that did not.
Research

Oct 22, 2025

The Unintended Consequences Of The ACA's Medical Loss Ratio Requirement

In this Forefront article, we discuss how the medical loss ratio statute has led to higher premiums and higher medical care spending, and propose policy solutions.
Research

Oct 13, 2025

Medicaid Expansion Boosted Specialty Treatment Episodes For Substance Use Disorder In Expansion States, 2010-22

Extending prior research, we analyzed more recent effects of Affordable Care Act Medicaid expansions on specialty substance use disorder treatment, using 2010-22 all-payer data on treatment episodes.
Research

Jul 31, 2025

Creating a Classification System of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Policies: A Research Protocol

This project aimed to improve addiction research through the development of an evidence- and consensus-based classification system for opioid use disorder treatment policies.
Research

Jun 18, 2025

Equity Considerations in Mental Health Diversion in California

This qualitative, community-partnered study examines how racial equity was considered in the design and implementation of mental health diversion under AB 1810 in nine counties across California.
Research

Apr 28, 2025

The Evolution of United States Governance Policies for Research Using Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential

In response to 2012 studies enhancing a deadly pathogen's transmissibility, the U.S. and research community established policies to oversee research on enhanced pathogens with pandemic potential.
Project

Apr 9, 2025

The applicability of existing Union legislation to telemedicine services

ICF and RAND Europe are conducting a study examining the multifaceted dimensions of telemedicine, focusing on its legal foundation in the EU and across EU member states and EEA countries.
Commentary

Feb 18, 2025

I'm a Scientist and Sleep Expert. Utah Needs to See the Light on Daylight Saving Time

The Utah House's recent passage of a temporary switch to permanent standard time addresses the widely held desire to eliminate the biannual clock changes. But the discussion surrounding this move has not fully considered the critical differences and implications of choosing between permanent standard time and permanent Daylight Saving Time.
Research

Jan 23, 2025

The Association of State Policies and Opioid Analgesic Amount Dispensed from Retail Pharmacies

This longitudinal study examines state policies' effects on per-capita opioid morphine milligram equivalents (MME) dispensed at retail pharmacies in the United States from 2006 through 2018.

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State Medicaid Budgets to Decline by Hundreds of Billions over the Next Decade; Impacts Vary Widely Across States

State-Level Impacts of Key Medicaid Provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

School-entry Vaccine Exemptions in Maine Before and After Public Law 154, 2018-2023

The Relationship Between Certificate of Need Laws and Mortality

The Unintended Consequences Of The ACA's Medical Loss Ratio Requirement

Medicaid Expansion Boosted Specialty Treatment Episodes For Substance Use Disorder In Expansion States, 2010-22

Creating a Classification System of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Policies: A Research Protocol

Equity Considerations in Mental Health Diversion in California

The Evolution of United States Governance Policies for Research Using Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential

The applicability of existing Union legislation to telemedicine services

I'm a Scientist and Sleep Expert. Utah Needs to See the Light on Daylight Saving Time

The Association of State Policies and Opioid Analgesic Amount Dispensed from Retail Pharmacies

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Effects of Abortion Care Policy in North Carolina

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Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

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State Medicaid Budgets to Decline by Hundreds of Billions over the Next Decade; Impacts Vary Widely Across States

State-Level Impacts of Key Medicaid Provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

School-entry Vaccine Exemptions in Maine Before and After Public Law 154, 2018-2023

The Relationship Between Certificate of Need Laws and Mortality

The Unintended Consequences Of The ACA's Medical Loss Ratio Requirement

Medicaid Expansion Boosted Specialty Treatment Episodes For Substance Use Disorder In Expansion States, 2010-22

Creating a Classification System of Opioid Use Disorder Treatment Policies: A Research Protocol

Equity Considerations in Mental Health Diversion in California

The Evolution of United States Governance Policies for Research Using Pathogens with Enhanced Pandemic Potential

The applicability of existing Union legislation to telemedicine services

I'm a Scientist and Sleep Expert. Utah Needs to See the Light on Daylight Saving Time

The Association of State Policies and Opioid Analgesic Amount Dispensed from Retail Pharmacies

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