The Two Health Care Cost Crises

In this column, KFF’s President and CEO Drew Altman explores the nation’s twin health cost crises of affordability, especially for people who are sick and need a lot of health care, and national health spending, and why the solutions often work at cross purposes.

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The CBO Report That Didn’t Roar

In his latest column, President and CEO Drew Altman discusses a recent Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimate that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI)’s payment and delivery demonstrations have cost Medicare money, and what it means for the future of value-based payment.

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Countering Health Misinformation, By the Numbers

In this column, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman examines the threat posed by health misinformation and opportunities to combat it by relying on the messengers the public trusts most for health information, which includes doctors and local television news sources.

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Family Health Insurance Is No Longer Affordable Through Small Employers

In his Beyond the Data column, KFF President and CEO Drew Altman discusses how how family health coverage is no longer affordable for workers at small employers, contributing to the health cost crisis affecting the American people.

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Complexity in Our Health Care System is the Enemy of Access and Affordability

In this JAMA Health Forum column, KFF’s Drew Altman and Larry Levitt examine how the complexity of the health care system  – with all of its red tape – can be as big a problem for patients as the traditional big three problems of costs, quality and access.

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The 4 Arguments You Will Hear Against Drug Price Negotiation

As the Biden administration begins the process of negotiation drug prices for Medicare as authorized in the Inflation Reduction Act, KFF’s Larry Levitt probes some of the arguments against it and the policy and political implications of the debate in this New York Times op-ed column.

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