This national fact sheet compiles some key statistics about declining uninsured rates, increasing affordability, and more since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) became law.
This report examines proper drug disposal— the safe and timely removal of unused or unwanted drugs from an individual’s possession according to US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) standards—and what can make it difficult.
This Spotlight report describes Medicare’s enrollment rules, the situations in which late-enrollment penalties apply (and when they don’t), how many people are paying these penalties, and who is most likely to incur penalties.
This Fact Sheet considers how adults ages 50 to 64 enrolled in Medicaid, hereafter “midlife Medicaid enrollees,” use one Medicaid benefit: outpatient prescription drugs.
This report examines the existing State Pharmaceutical Assistance Programs (SPAPs) and their characteristics and highlights how specific federal prescription drug reforms could generate savings for SPAPs.
This report is the latest in the AARP Public Policy Institute’s Rx Price Watch series and presents both annual and 15-year cumulative price changes through the end of 2020 for a combined set of 943 prescription drugs widely used by older adults.
This AARP Public Policy Institute Fact Sheet describes trends in food insecurity and selected characteristics of food-insecure adults ages 50 and older.
This AARP Insight reports findings from an analysis of MSP enrollment patterns in a sample of four states before and after the states expanded MSP eligibility criteria.
A new series of four briefs explores a range of state and federal policy options that could increase access to affordable health insurance and potentially reduce health disparities among individuals ages 50 to 64.
A Texas federal court recently ruled that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision of requiring most private health insurers to cover recommended preventive services without cost-sharing was unconstitutional, putting access to no-cost critical preventive health services in jeopardy for millions of Americans.
This fact sheet highlights the essential components of drug formularies and considers the challenges that older adults face when responding to the impacts and implications of formularies annually and throughout the plan year.
The findings of this report highlight the pricing dynamics in the generic drug market when compared with those in the brand name drug market.