What are the Recent Trends in Health Sector Employment November 15, 2023 Issue Brief This chart collection takes a deep dive into employment data to analyze how health sector jobs and wages shrank and recovered since the coronavirus pandemic struck in early 2020.
How Has the Federal Process for Surprise Medical Billing Disputes Performed? November 2, 2023 Issue Brief This analysis examines the share of out-of-network surprise billing disputes initiated through the federal IDR process in the first year of the No Surprises Act.
How does the quality of the U.S. health care system compare to other countries? October 24, 2023 Slideshow
What are the recent and forecasted trends in prescription drug spending? September 15, 2023 Slideshow
How Does Medical Inflation Compare to Inflation in the Rest of the Economy? July 26, 2023 Issue Brief Prices for medical services typically rise more quickly than the broader economy, but the reverse has been true recently as general inflation rose rapidly. This analysis finds that overall prices grew by 6% in February 2023 from the previous year, while prices for medical care increased only 2.3%.
About 1 in 20 People with Private Insurance Received Services that Could be Affected by a District Court Ruling Limiting the ACA’s Preventive Services Mandate May 25, 2023 News Release A new KFF analysis finds about 1 in 20 privately insured people (5.7%) received at least one ACA preventive service or drug that could be affected by a now-stayed U.S. District Court ruling in Braidwood Management v. Becerra, which found the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) preventive services mandate partially unconstitutional.…
Use of ACA preventive services potentially affected by Braidwood v. Becerra May 25, 2023 Issue Brief This analysis finds that about 10 million privately insured people received at least one ACA preventive service or drug that could be affected by a now-stayed U.S. District Court ruling, which found the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement to cover certain preventive services without any cost sharing to be partially unconstitutional.
During the COVID-19 Pandemic, People of Color Were More Likely to Die at Younger Ages April 24, 2023 News Release The Nation Overall Also Experienced Higher Rates of Premature Deaths than Peer Countries During the COVID-19 pandemic, people of color on average died at younger ages than White adults, resulting in substantial racial disparities in premature death and years of life lost, a new analysis finds. The analysis examines the…
