Are Health Insurance Companies the Reason for Our Health System’s Ills?
In this JAMA Health Forum column, KFF’s Larry Levitt examines the criticism that health insurance companies are facing from political leaders, and...
Key Facts about the Uninsured Population
How many people are uninsured? For the first time since 2019, the number of people without health coverage and the...
A Preview of the Role Health Care May Play in the 2026 Election
KFF has long examined the role of health care in U.S. elections, tracking how the issue ranks among voters’ top...
Cost Concerns and Coverage Changes: A Follow-Up Survey of ACA Marketplace Enrollees
About the Survey At the end of 2025, despite a government shutdown over the policy, the enhanced premium tax credits...
How Will the Loss of Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Affect Older Adults?
With the expiration of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace’s enhanced premium tax credits as of December 31, 2025, the...
Comparing States’ Rural Health Fund Allotments to Medicaid Spending Cuts Can be Misleading
The 2025 reconciliation law made historic cuts to federal support for health care, including an estimated $911 billion in cuts...
ACA Marketplace Enrollment is Down in 2026—But All of the Data Isn’t in Yet
2026 marks the first year since 2020 that enrollees in the Affordable Care Act Marketplaces do not have access to...
Higher Premium Payments or Higher Deductibles: The Tradeoffs ACA Enrollees Face
Some Affordable Care Act (ACA) Marketplace enrollees are choosing between plans that charge higher premium payments and plans with higher...
State-Based Efforts Will Provide Limited Relief from Enhanced Tax Credit Expiration
After failed Senate votes late last year and no subsequent bipartisan agreement, the enhanced premium tax credits expired as of January 1. Some states, particularly those operating...
How Unaffordable is Health Care?
In his latest JAMA Forum column, KFF’s Larry Levitt explores how unaffordable health care is in the U.S. in the...
