Health Care Spending is More Than Just the Parts You See February 28, 2019 Perspective In this Axios column, Drew Altman looks at total family spending for health including taxes and health benefits, and why people need to understand it to assess proposals like Medicare-for-All.
Out-of-pocket spending on insulin among people with private insurance March 24, 2022 Issue Brief This analysis of insurance claims data finds that Congressional proposals to set a $35 per month cap on what people pay out of pocket for insulin would provide financial relief to at least 1 out of 5 insulin users with different types of private health insurance.
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.
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.…
An Examination of Surprise Medical Bills and Proposals to Protect Consumers from Them June 20, 2019 Issue Brief This analysis examines how often patients get hit with surprise medical bills, what circumstances tend to give rise to them and what proposals are being considered to protect consumers from this problem.
About 1 in 6 Emergency Visits and Hospital Stays Had At Least One Out-of-Network Charge in 2017 June 20, 2019 News Release In roughly 1 of every 6 emergency room visits and inpatient hospital stays in 2017, patients came home with at least one out-of-network medical bill, a new KFF analysis finds. More specifically, 18 percent of all emergency visits and 16 percent of in-network hospital stays had at least one out-of-network…
The Burden of Medical Debt in the United States February 12, 2024 Issue Brief This analysis uses government data to examine the burden of medical debt, including variations based on state, age, race and ethnicity, and health status. It estimates that people in the United States owe at least $220 billion in medical debt.
How Financially Vulnerable are People with Medical Debt? February 12, 2024 Issue Brief This analysis of government data finds that people with medical debt are much more likely to have other forms of financial distress than those without medical debt, like having no “rainy day” fund, overdrawing a checking account, or relying on costly loans.