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...
Public Opinion on Prescription Drugs and Their Prices
Many Americans face significant challenges affording their medications, including adults who take more medications or have lower incomes. KFF polling...
LGBT People Experience Widespread Concerns and Challenges When it Comes to Health Care Affordability
Introduction Costs associated with health care and other household expenses weigh heavily on LGBT adults and health care affordability is...
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...
Medicaid Workers and Job-Based Insurance: Who Is Offered, Eligible, and Enrolled?
Passage of the 2025 reconciliation law, also known as the “One Big, Beautiful Bill,” in July 2025 and the inclusion...
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...
KFF Health Tracking Poll: Health Care Costs in the Current Moment of Economic Anxiety
Multiple recent polls have found that economic anxiety in the U.S. is on the rise, and decades of KFF polling...
Americans’ Challenges with Health Care Costs
Editorial Note: This brief was updated on December 11, 2025, to include the latest KFF polling data. It was originally...
