Health insurers submit rate filings annually to state regulators detailing expectations and rate changes for Affordable Care Act (ACA)-regulated health plans for the coming year. A relatively small, but growing, share of the population is enrolled in these plans (compared to the number in employer plans), fueled by the availability of enhanced premium tax credits. This […]| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
Early indications are that individual market insurers will be increasing premiums in 2026 by more than they have since 2018, the last time policy uncertainty contributed to sharp premium increases. Across 105 ACA Marketplace insurers in 20 markets (19 states and the District of Columbia), premiums are increasing by a median of 15%. These filings are still preliminary and may change.| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
The vast majority of Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace enrollees receive a tax credit that lowers enrollees’ monthly payment for health insurance. Established as part of the ACA, premium tax credits were originally available for enrollees making between 100%-400% of … The post Early indications of the impact of the enhanced premium tax credit expiration on 2026 Marketplace premiums appeared first on Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker.| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
The cost of health care in the United States has continued to grow in recent years. Between 2022 and 2023, overall health spending rose 7.5%, and it is projected to rise another 4.2% in 2025. U.S. spending on hospital care rose 6.4% between 2022 and 2023, and makes up 31% of total health spending. International […]| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
The Transparency in Coverage (TiC) rule aimed to make healthcare prices easily comparable, but the reported data may pose many barriers to effective analysis.| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
This chart collection explores National Health Expenditure (NHE) data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
This chart collection explores how health spending is expected to grow in coming years. In 2024, per capita health spending growth is estimated to have slowed to 4.5%.| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
This chart collection examines recent trends in healthcare utilization and spending using a variety of data sources.| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
Finance Minister Nicola Willis talks budget cuts at the National Party conference at the weekend| Politik
Health insurers submit rate filings annually to state regulators detailing expectations and rate changes for Affordable Care Act (ACA)-regulated health plans for the coming year. A relatively small, but growing, share of the population is enrolled in these plans (compared to the number in employer plans). However, these filings are generally more detailed and publicly […]| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
The U.S. spends more on healthcare per capita than its peers. Most of the additional health spending goes to providers for inpatient and outpatient care.| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
Unemployment in the United States has been at or below 4% since November 2021. The health sector, along with the rest of the economy, saw a sharp drop in revenues and employment at the onset of COVID-19 in the spring of 2020. Health services utilization dropped precipitously as providers cancelled elective care and patients practicing […]| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
In this chart collection, we examine how U.S. health spending compares to health spending in other OECD countries that are similarly large and wealthy, based on median GDP and median GDP per capita. For this analysis, we reviewed the OECD Health Statistics database and the CMS National Health Expenditure Accounts data.| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker
In a given year, a small portion of the population is responsible for a very large percentage of total health spending. We tend to focus on averages when discussing health spending, but individuals’ health status – and thus their need to access and utilize healthcare – varies over the course of their lifetimes. In fact, very few people have spending around the average. This collection of charts explores trends in health spending variation across the population through an analysis of the...| Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker