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How Does Prescription Drug Spending and Use Compare Across Large Employer Plans, Medicare Part D, and Medicaid?

Drew Altman: For Low-Income People, Employer Health Coverage is Worse Than ACA

Deductible Relief Day is May 19

As deductibles rise and become more common, it takes longer for people with employer coverage to meet them.

KFF/L.A. Times Survey Highlights Financial Challenges For People with Employer Coverage

Poll: Most Want Congress to Prioritize Actions that Address Personal Health Care Costs

Health System Dashboard

Newly updated and expanded, the Health System Dashboard compiles data on the U.S. health system’s performance in four categories:

Related brief: U.S. health system is performing better, though still lagging behind other countries

Household Health Spending Calculator

Analysis: Medicare Part D Spending on Insulin Increased 840 Percent Over 10 Years

Poll: Majorities Across Parties Support Range of Policy Changes to Lower Drug Costs

How Are ACA Marketplace Premiums Changing by County in 2019?

What Are the Recent and Forecasted Trends in Prescription Drug Spending?

  • Growth in prescription spending has slowed again in 2017, after increasing rapidly in 2014 and 2015
  • Estimates suggest that Rx drugs will continue to represent a larger portion of overall health spending
  • Out-of-pocket spending for Rx drugs remained flat in 2017, while out-of-pocket spending on hospital and physician services grew

How Do Health Expenditures Vary Across the Population?

How Does Cost Affect Access to Health Care?

Benchmark Employer Survey: Family Premiums Rise 5% to Average $19,616 in 2018

UPDATED: What are Recent Trends and Characteristics of Workers with High Drug Spending?

Increases in Cost-Sharing Payments Continue to Outpace Wage Growth

Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker

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Listen: After Its Hospital Closes, A Pioneer Kansas Town Searches For What Comes Next

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