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Ten Things to Know About Consolidation in Health Care Provider Markets
Mergers and acquisitions involving hospitals and other health care providers are drawing attention from federal and state regulators, including the Federal Trade Commission, and policymakers amid...
Ten Things to Know About Consolidation in Health Care Provider Markets
As policymakers and regulators pay more attention to consolidation in health care provider markets, this brief examines and summarizes the evidence about consolidation, including recent trends, t...
What are the Recent Trends in Health Sector Employment
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.
Gross Medicare Spending on Ozempic and Other GLP-1s Is Alre...�� Even Though Medicare Cannot Cover The Drugs for Weight Loss
A KFF analysis shows that gross total Medicare spending on Ozempic and other similar drugs has increased dramatically in recent years – even though Medicare is explicitly prohibited by law from...
Medicare Spending on Ozempic and Other GLP-1s Is Skyrocketing
This policy watch analyzes the latest data on Medicare Part D spending on GLP-1 drugs, initially approved to treat diabetes but in high demand as treatments for obesity, and shows how spending on...
https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/medicare-spending-on-ozempic-and-other-glp-1s-is-skyrocketing/
Gaps in Data About Hospital and Health System Finances Limit Transparency for Policymakers and Patients
This brief describes gaps in data about hospital and health system finances and business practices that limit transparency for policymakers, researchers, and consumers. It examines data issues in...
What resources are available for privately insured patients who get surprise balance bills?
Most patients do not know about the new surprise billing protections and likely also do not know of resources available to seek recourse for incorrect medical bills. This brief provides resources...
Medicare Households Spend More on Health Care Than Other Households
This brief examines the financial burden of health care spending among households where all members are covered by Medicare compared to non-Medicare households.
FAQs on Prescription Drug Importation
These FAQs address questions related to prescription drug importation, including the current status of importation proposals, details of Florida’s importation program recently authorized by the...
https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/faqs-on-prescription-drug-importation/
Charges for Emails with Doctors and other Healthcare Providers
Patient-provider email messaging accelerated early in the COVID-19 pandemic as more patients sought medical care remotely, and the addition of billing codes for digital health services and subseq...
What to Know About How Medicare Pays Physicians
In November 2023, CMS finalized a 3.4% decrease in the physician fee schedule conversion factor, a key aspect of payment rates under the Medicare program, resulting in a 1.25% decrease in overall...
https://www.kff.org/medicare/issue-brief/what-to-know-about-how-medicare-pays-physicians/
3 Charts: The Cost and Coverage of Opill—the First FDA-ap...e-Counter Daily Oral Contraceptive Pill in the United States
The first FDA-approved over-the-counter daily oral contraceptive pill in the United States— Perrigo’s Opill— is now available for pre-order at major online retailers and will soon be availa...
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 ...
https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/americans-challenges-with-health-care-costs/
KFF Health Tracking Poll February 2024: Voters on Two Key Health Care Issues: Affordability and ACA
This poll finds that inflation and health care affordability are the top issues voters want 2024 presidential candidates to discuss, as most rate the economy negatively. Adults worry most about a...
KFF Health Tracking Poll: Economic Views and Experiences of Adults Who Struggle Financially
Half of adults say they have difficulty affording monthly bills or are just able to afford household expenses without having money left over. These groups overwhelmingly rate the economy negative...
Health Care Costs Top the Public’s List of Financial Worr...residential Candidates Discuss Economic and Health Care Issues
At a time when kitchen table economic problems are on voters’ minds, unexpected medical bills and health care costs top the public’s list of financial concerns, and voters who are struggling ...
What Would Another Trump Presidency Mean for Health Care?
In a new column in JAMA Health Forum, Larry Levitt, KFF’s executive vice president for health policy, explores what a second Trump presidency might mean for health policy based on his record an...
People with Medical Debt are Much More Likely to Experience Other Forms of Financial Stress
People with medical debt are much more likely than those without such debt to show other signs of financial vulnerability, like having no “rainy day” fund, overdrawing a checking account, or ...
How Financially Vulnerable are People with Medical Debt?
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”...
The Burden of Medical Debt in the United States
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 S...
https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/the-burden-of-medical-debt-in-the-united-states/