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Occupations Where at least 25% of Adult Workers Rely on Individual Market Coverage, 2023

With Big Potential Premium Increases Looming, About a Quarter of Farmers and Ranchers Get Health Insurance Through the ACA Marketplaces

A new KFF analysis finds that 27% of farmers, ranchers, and agricultural managers had health insurance coverage through the individual market in 2023. Many workers rely on the individual market for health insurance, and over 90% of individual market enrollees get their coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces. Over a quarter of chiropractors, real estate brokers, and dentists were also covered through the individual market.

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ACA Marketplace Plans Nationally Are Seeking a Median 18% Premium Increase for 2026

This analysis of insurers’ initial rate filings for Affordable Care Act Marketplace plans in all 50 states and DC finds the median proposed increase for 2026 is 18%, more than double last year’s proposed increase. The analysis also shows proposed rate changes by state and insurer.


How Much Premiums are Going up for Small Businesses in 2026

Tariffs Are Driving up Premiums for Small Businesses

Estimates of Additional Uninsured People Across the States

ACA Provisions in the 2025 Federal Budget Reconciliation Law

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  • What New Data Tell Us About Doctor Choice

    From Drew Altman

    Drew Altman explores the rhetoric versus reality on whether choice of doctors is eroding and why the issue resonates with Americans, in this column for The Wall Street Journal's Think Tank.

  • Medicaid and Family Planning: Background and Implications of the ACA

    Issue Brief

    This brief reviews the role of Medicaid in financing and enabling access to family planning services for low-income women; discusses how states have expanded access to these services with Medicaid; and highlights future programmatic challenges in the context of the health care delivery and coverage reforms resulting from the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

  • Kaiser Health Tracking Poll: January 2016

    Feature

    Despite the ongoing debate between Republican lawmakers and President Obama on the future of the 2010 health care law, the January Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is only one of many issues that may impact voting decisions. While there has been recent focus on improving the value of health care, those with insurance under 65 years old largely say the health care services they receive are at least a good value for what they pay for them. Also, in the final days of the 2016 open enrollment period, many uninsured are largely disengaged from the health care system and opportunities for coverage, with large majorities being unaware of the date for the upcoming deadline to enroll or of the fine for not having health insurance in 2016.

  • Candidate Policy Plans Resonate More With Democrats. Here’s Why.

    News Release

    As primary election voting approaches, Drew Altman examines whether there is a difference between Democratic and Republican voters when it comes to how much they care about candidates’ policy plans. Read his latest column for The Wall Street Journal’s Think Tank, “Candidate Policy Plans Resonate More With Democrats. Here’s Why.

  • Data Note: Abbreviated January 2016 Health Tracking Poll Topline

    Feature

    This is an abbreviated topline for the upcoming January 2016 Kaiser Health Tracking Poll.  It contains the survey questions addressed in Drew Altman's column, "Candidate Policy Plans Resonate More With Democrats. Here’s Why," for The Wall Street Journal's Think Tank.