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

Based on draft reconciliation language from the Energy & Commerce Committee, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released preliminary estimates showing proposed Medicaid changes would reduce federal...

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...

PCB SAB 26-01, sponsored by Representative Abbott, was reported favorably. The bill would authorize a prescription drug formulary for the state group health plan (projected savings cited by sponsor), require an administrative assessment on vacant positions to support the State Employee Health Insurance Trust Fund, remove the sunset on a $3 traffic surcharge (~$4M), and restructure the Office of Supplier Diversity; several members pressed for data on fiscal and equity impacts and raised concerns about prescription access and minority-business outcomes.

Florida's Employee Health Choices Program centralizes individual health insurance options for employees.

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.

병원 문턱이 낮다고 너무 자주 드나들다가는 예상치 못한 경제적 타격을 입을 수 있습니다. 건강보험 재정 건전성을 높이고 꼭 필요한 의료 이용을 유도하기 위해 정부가 내놓은 제도가 있는데, 바로 외래진료 본인부담 차등제입니다. 2024년 7월부터 시행된 이 제도는 연간 진료 횟수가

This data note reviews our recent polling data that finds that many Americans struggle to afford many aspects of health care, including disproportionate shares of uninsured adults, Black and Hispanic ...

The ACA Marketplace Open Enrollment season begins November 1, and with it comes looming changes to the enhanced premium tax credits, increases in out-of-pocket premium payments, new Marketplace eligib...