Enrollment in Individual Market Dips Slightly in Early 2019 after Repeal of Individual Mandate Penalty August 21, 2019 News Release Overall enrollment in the individual market fell 5% to 13.7 million in the first quarter of 2019 following the repeal of the ACA’s individual mandate penalty.
Data Note: Changes in Enrollment in the Individual Health Insurance Market through Early 2019 August 21, 2019 Issue Brief This analysis measures changes in enrollment in the individual market, including those in both marketplace plans and off-exchange plans, before and after the ACA’s coverage expansions and market rules went into effect in 2014 through the first quarter of 2019.
Planned Parenthood Sites and Grantees Withdrawing From Title X If Court Doesn’t Block New Regulations August 16, 2019 Slide
Planned Parenthood Sites and Grantees Withdrawing from Title X Program If Court Does Not Block New Regulations August 15, 2019 Slide This map details the Planned Parenthood sites and grantees that will withdraw from the Title X family planning program if the 9th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals does not block the Trump Administration’s new Title X regulations by August 19, 2019.
A Comprehensive Review of Research Finds That the ACA Medicaid Expansion Has Reduced the Uninsured Rate and Uncompensated Care Costs in Expansion States, While Increasing Affordability and Access to Care and Producing State Budget Savings August 15, 2019 News Release Multiple studies over the last five years find that the Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion has increased health coverage, affordability, and access to care while producing budget savings for states and reductions in uncompensated care costs for hospitals and clinics, according to a KFF review of more than 300 studies…
New Analysis of Large Employer Health Coverage: The Cost to Families for Health Coverage and Care Has Risen More Than 2X Faster Than Wages and 3X Faster Than Inflation Over the Last Decade August 15, 2019 News Release A new KFF analysis that looked at both premiums and other out-of-pocket costs shows that families with coverage through a large employer paid 67 percent more for their health benefits and care in 2018 than a decade earlier. In 2018, a typical family of four with large employer coverage spent…
Tracking the Rise in Premium Contributions and Cost-Sharing for Families with Large Employer Coverage August 15, 2019 Issue Brief An analysis of large employer health coverage on the Peterson-Kaiser Health System Tracker finds that the cost to families for health coverage and care has risen more than two times faster than wages and three times faster than inflation over the last decade.
Changes to “Public Charge” Inadmissibility Rule: Implications for Health and Health Coverage August 12, 2019 Fact Sheet A final rule by the Trump Administration would make changes to “public charge” policies that govern how use of public benefits may affect individuals’ immigration status. This fact sheet provides an overview of the proposed changes and their implications for legal immigrant families and their predominantly U.S.-born citizen children.
Gun Violence Makes U.S. an Outlier, Not Mental Illness August 9, 2019 Slide Relative to other OECD countries, U.S. is an outlier for disease burden due to gun violence, but not for mental illness.
Data Note: Prescription Drugs and Older Adults August 9, 2019 Issue Brief This data note explores the attitudes and experiences of older adults, ages 65 and up, when it comes to prescription drugs and related policy proposals being discussed. Experiences across different demographic groups are explored, such as household income and health status.