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  • Many Women Use Preventive Services, but Gaps in Awareness of Insurance Coverage Requirements Persist: Findings from the 2022 KFF Women’s Health Survey

    Issue Brief

    This brief presents findings from the 2022 KFF Women’s Health Survey on women’s receipt of cancer screenings and other preventive services and differences between subgroups of women. We also present data on women’s and men’s awareness of federal requirements for private insurance coverage of preventive services.

  • Medicare Advantage Insurers Report Much Higher Gross Margins Per Enrollee Than Insurers in Other Markets

    News Release

    A new analysis of health insurers’ 2021 financial data shows that insurers continue to report much higher gross margins per enrollee in the Medicare Advantage market than in other health insurance markets. The analysis examines insurers’ financial data in the Medicare Advantage, Medicaid managed care, individual (non-group), and fully insured group (employer) markets. In 2021, Medicare Advantage insurers reported gross margins averaging $1,730 per enrollee, at least double the margins reported by insurers in the…

  • Preventive Services Use Among People with Private Insurance Coverage

    Issue Brief

    This analysis of claims data estimates that six in ten people with private health insurance - or about 100 million people - used at least one preventive service covered without any out-of-pocket costs through a provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in a typical year prior to the COVID-19 pandemic (2018). The provision that requires most private health plans to cover many preventive services without any cost-sharing for their enrollees is being challenged in…

  • Year in Review: 10 Health Policy Issues for 2023

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    This fact sheet offers a look back at 10 issues that KFF tracked closely during 2023 in its polling, policy analysis and journalism, including summaries of major findings and news stories.

  • Record ACA Marketplace Signups for 2024 Are Driven in Part by Medicaid Unwinding and More Affordable Coverage 

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    Enrollment in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplaces will hit another record high in 2024, with sign-ups to date topping 20 million—already 4 million above last year’s record high. The Medicaid unwinding, enhanced Marketplace subsidies that make coverage more affordable, as well as increased marketing, outreach, and enrollment assistance have all played a role in this growth, according to a new analysis from KFF. Marketplace sign-ups have nearly doubled since 2020. The Medicaid unwinding is…

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    What Trump’s 2024 Victory Means for Medicaid

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    While Medicaid did not receive a lot of attention during the campaign, if cuts to Social Security and Medicare are largely off the table, Medicaid is the likely source of funding to extend expiring tax cuts.

  • Si no he declarado impuestos el año anterior, ¿cómo determinará el mercado de seguros de salud mis ingresos?

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    Si un solicitante no presentó impuestos en un año anterior, el mercado de seguros de salud verificará los ingresos mediante el uso de datos salariales electrónicos. Si la información no se puede verificar electrónicamente, se le puede pedir al solicitante que presente documentación impresa adicional dentro de los 90 días, como recibos de pago, un contrato de trabajo u otra verificación de ingresos. A partir del próximo año, si no ha presentado impuestos federales sobre…

  • Tuve seguro médico el año pasado a través de un plan del mercado de seguros de salud y también recibí créditos fiscales anticipados para reducir mi prima mensual. Dado que el mercado ya determinó que yo...

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    Sí. Debe presentar una declaración de impuestos federal para cualquier año en el que haya recibido un crédito fiscal para la prima. Cuando presente la declaración, tendrá que calcular para cuánto crédito fiscal era realmente elegible ese año. La determinación del mercado de seguros de salud que recibió el año pasado se basó en su estimación de buena fe de cuál sería su ingreso anual. Cuando presente su declaración de impuestos, informará sus ingresos reales.…

  • ¿Qué es el Formulario 8962?

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    El formulario 8962 es un formulario que debe presentar con su declaración de impuestos federal durante un año si recibió un crédito fiscal para pagar las primas por adelantado a través del mercado de seguros de salud durante ese año. En la inscripción abierta, cuando solicita un crédito fiscal para la prima para el próximo año, el monto de su crédito fiscal adelantado se basa en su ingreso estimado para el próximo año. Al año…