Nearly 40% of Americans have stayed in a job longer than they wanted to because they or a family member needed health insurance.

In the U.S. health care system, we’ve been taught to mistake corporate restrictions for “freedom of choice.”

Learn about job lock and its connection to health care anxiety. Discover why many stay in jobs despite wanting change.

An new rule for ACA marketplaces ratchets up scrutiny of the enrollment process and imposes administrative barriers.

The expiration of the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits at the start of 2026, combined with rising insurer premiums, put a spotlight on health care affordability that extends beyond Marketplace enrol...

This cross-national comparison of health care systems assesses U.S. health spending, outcomes, status, and service use relative to 18 other high-income countries.

After the credits ended, many Marketplace shoppers shifted toward lower-premium, higher-deductible plans, according to KFF research.

Rising premiums, Medicaid losses and structural gaps are pushing coverage further out of reach.

The number and share of people without insurance grew in 2024, increasing for the first time since 2019, according to KFF's analysis of data from the American Community Survey (ACS). This issue brief describes trends in health coverage in 2024, examines the characteristics of the uninsured population , and summarizes the access and financial implications of not having coverage.

Federal policy changes that decrease risk pooling will lead to higher insurance premiums for less-healthy populations and greater numbers of uninsured Americans.

"Health insurance can provide a financial safety net, but for many Americans, the cost of using that coverage still forces difficult choices," said Cate Deventer, a ValuePenguin senior writer and lice...

National spending on personal healthcare has increased 2,005% since 1980 — over seven times faster than inflation — to nearly $4.3 trillion.

This KFF survey is a follow-up survey of adults who had ACA Marketplace insurance in 2025. The survey examines the cost concerns and coverage changes that these 2025 Marketplace enrollees are experien...

The seven largest for-profit health insurance conglomerates took in nearly $1.7 trillion from their customers in 2025 ($175 billion more than in 2024) and they booked more than $54 billion in profits.

Bipartisan bill modeled on the 1933 Glass-Steagall Act would require health care conglomerates to divest vertically integrated subsidiaries.

The Affordable Care Act premium increases for 2026 are an aberration, far above those observed in recent years.