Health Costs
- affordability
How Affordability of Employer Coverage Varies by Family Income
This analysis looks at the share of family income people with employer-based coverage pay toward their premiums and out-of-pocket payments for medical care. The cost of employer sponsored health insurance has risen steadily over time. - Health Spending
How Much is Health Spending Expected to Grow?
This updated chart collection explores how health spending is expected to grow in coming years, based on National Health Expenditure projections from federal actuaries. By 2033, health spending is expected to hit $8.6 trillion.
- affordability
Enhanced Premium Tax Credits and 2026 Marketplace Premiums
KFF examines 23 early insurer premium filings from 3 states and DC. While not a complete picture, these filings provide early insights into how insurers are expecting premiums to change in 2026, if the enhanced tax credits expire.
- PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Medicare Negotiated Drug Prices Higher Than Peer Nations
This analysis finds that Medicare’s negotiated prices for 10 high-expenditure prescription drugs are lower than what private Medicare drug plans had been paying, but still much higher than the prices available in 11 other wealthy nations.
Health Policy 101: Costs and Affordability
This Health Policy 101 chapter explores trends in health care costs in the U.S. and the factors that contribute to this spending. It also examines how health care spending varies and the impact on affordability and people's overall financial vulnerability.
Americans’ Challenges with Health Care Costs
This data note reviews our recent polling data that finds that Americans struggle to afford many aspects of health care, including disproportionate shares of uninsured adults, Black and Hispanic adults and those with lower incomes.
National Health Spending Explorer
This interactive Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker tool allows users to examine five decades worth of data on health expenditures by federal and local governments, private insurers, and individuals.
Polling on Prescription Drugs and Their Prices
This chart collection draws on recent KFF poll findings to provide an in-depth look at the public’s attitudes toward prescription drugs and their prices. Results include Americans’ opinions on drug affordability, pharmaceutical companies, and various potential measures that could lower prices.
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