A small portion of the population is responsible for the majority of health spending in the United States. Only 5% of the population makes up nearly half of all health spending. More from @kff.org here: www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collec...

How do health expenditures vary across the population? - 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’ h...

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Older Marketplace enrollees have been disproportionately affected by the expiration of enhanced premium tax credits. @kff.org examines why: www.kff.org/affordable-c...

How Will the Loss of Enhanced Premium Tax Credits Affect Older Adults? | KFF

Adults ages 50 to 64 are disproportionately affected by the expiration of ACA enhanced premium tax credits because they make up a large number of Marketplace enrollees and premiums rise with age. Our ...

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Early data shows that over 1 million fewer people signed up for ACA Marketplace coverage in 2026 than in 2025. However, we may not know the full extent of the enhanced tax credit expiration for a while. More here: www.kff.org/affordable-c...

This conversation is relevant given the Great Healthcare Plan (whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...) which emphasizes giving money directly to consumers

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Calls on Congress to Enact The Great Healthcare Plan

CALLING ON CONGRESS TO LOWER HEALTHCARE COSTS: Today, President Donald J. Trump called on Congress to enact the Great Healthcare Plan, a comprehensive

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Matt McGough@mattmcgough.bsky.social · 8mo ago

I had the pleasure of speaking with Sabrina McCrear of The American Journal of Managed Care this week about ICHRAs and how their uptake may be affected by the expiration of the ACA Marketplace's enhanced premium tax credits. More here: t.co/D52BtHq75t

I had the pleasure of speaking with Sabrina McCrear of The American Journal of Managed Care this week about ICHRAs and how their uptake may be affected by the expiration of the ACA Marketplace's enhanced premium tax credits. More here: t.co/D52BtHq75t

The Marketplace's enhanced premium tax credits expired as of January 1. As a result, enrollees' monthly premium payments increased 114%. A small handful of states have moved to blunt the impact on consumers, but their efforts bring only limited relief. www.kff.org/affordable-c...

State-Based Efforts Will Provide Limited Relief from Enhanced Tax Credit Expiration | KFF

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 State-Based Marketp...

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Marketplace enrollees may see significant cost increases if the ACA’s enhanced premium tax credits expire. Our new analysis breaks down what the changes could mean for both middle- and low-income households. Get the details: https://on.kff.org/4nzRd5X

You might be surprised, but some insurers are expecting tariffs to drive up health insurance premiums in 2026. www.kff.org/quick-take/t... @kff.org

Tariffs Are Driving 2026 Health Insurance Premiums Up

President Trump has vowed to impose tariffs on a wide variety of goods from multiple countries. While consumers may expect the price of some imported goods to go up, what may be surprising is that the...

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What could changes to the actuarial values (AVs) of ACA Marketplace plans, as finalized by CMS and passed by the House in the #OneBigBeautifulBill, mean for consumers? 🧵 @kff.org

⚡KFF’s @mattmcgough.bsky.social writes about how the tariff-driven expectation of higher prescription drug prices is causing some health insurance companies to increase premiums for 2026. #QuickTake on.kff.org/3FR7CTy

Some insurers are raising health insurance premiums to account for tariffs in 2026. I spoke with @axios.com about how insurers may (or may not) be hedging their bets. axios.com/2025/06/18/t... kff.org/quick-take/t...

Tariffs drive some health plans to hike premiums

Health insurers are serving notice that tariffs will drive up the premiums they charge next year.

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Each year, health insurers submit filings to state regulators justifying premium rate changes for the #ACA Marketplace. Early filings show insurers including an additional 4% average increase due to the expected expiration of #EnhancedPremiumTaxCredits. www.healthsystemtracker.org/brief/early-...

Early indications of the impact of the enhanced premium tax credit expiration on 2026 Marketplace premiums - 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 credi...

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On Sunday, the House Budget Committee advanced the Republican budget reconciliation package that includes provisions that would reshape the ACA. @kff.org has updated our resources examining the health provisions of the bill. t.co/YQWMAEXnfv

CBO previously projected 32 million uninsured people in the US in the early 2030s, accounting for those losing coverage because of expiring tax credits. Now CBO estimates the new reconciliation policies will increase the number of uninsured people by another 9.5M. That's a THIRTY PERCENT increase.

Andrea Ducas@andreaducas.bsky.social · last yr.

Great new visual from KFF breaking down the nearly 14 million additional people who'd be uninsured if the GOP is successful.

Great new visual from KFF breaking down the nearly 14 million additional people who'd be uninsured if the GOP is successful.

Over the weekend, Congressional Republicans proposed portions of a budget reconciliation package that could make significant changes to Medicaid and the ACA. If passed, nearly 14 million people could become uninsured by 2034. More from @kff.org here: www.kff.org/policy-watch...

How Will the 2025 Budget Reconciliation Affect the ACA, Medicaid, and the Uninsured Rate? | KFF

This analysis details the number of people who would become uninsured from policy changes in the ACA Marketplace and Medicaid. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that, taken together, these cha...

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As Republicans get more specific about Medicaid cuts, they will inevitably get more controversial as it becomes clear what the effects will be. That's always been true of health reform plans proposed by Democrats or Republicans.

Chronic, non-communicable diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide and make up 8 out of the top 10 leading causes of death in the US. Across many of these diseases, the US has a higher burden of disease than countries of similar size and wealth. t.co/hFSA43BoXy

While most adults have health insurance, over 1 in 4 adults delayed or did not get medical care due to cost in 2023, highlighting healthcare as a contributor to current affordability issues. t.co/AMq8kNEj4R

Fifteen years out from passage of the ACA, Republicans are still fighting its expansion of Medicaid, which now covers 20 million people. The ACA has had remarkable political staying power, for both proponents and opponents.

How has the quality of the U.S. health system changed over time? Check out @kff.org's latest analysis: www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collec...

How has the quality of the U.S. healthcare system changed over time? - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker

Measuring quality in health care is complex: a vast number of metrics are used to monitor health system performance since there is no singular definition of quality, and data is often limited and dela...

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The star, whose work ranged from ‘The French Connection’ to ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ and far beyond, barely changed his look but constantly transformed himself.

Gene Hackman’s Absolute Power

The star, whose work ranged from ‘The French Connection’ to ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ and far beyond, barely changed his look but constantly transformed himself.

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As the Trump administration slows down flu vaccines for humans, it ramps up flu vaccines for chickens. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/u...

Johns Hopkins officials said the NIH funding cut puts at risk approximately 600 current and ongoing clinical trials at Hopkins, including open clinical trials in cancer, pediatrics and children’s health, heart and vascular studies and the aging brain. www.thebaltimorebanner.com/education/hi...

Johns Hopkins sues federal government over NIH funds

Johns Hopkins University joined several universities in a lawsuit on Monday evening suing the federal government over NIH funding.

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The largest college sports governing body in the U.S. has rescinded its former guidance for trans student-athletes, which had been in place since 2010, to ban trans girls from girls' sports. NCAA announced the policy while praising Trump's executive order to ban trans girls from school sports

NCAA bans trans women from women's sports in reversal of 15-year policy

The largest college sports governing body in the country made the change following President Trump’s executive order banning trans girls from girls’ school sports.

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Majority of Americans like the CDC, FDA and other agencies Trump is targeting: poll www.axios.com/2025/02/06/t...

Most Americans have positive view of agencies Trump is targeting: poll

His admin's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has swiftly moved to reshape the federal workforce.

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NEW: Life expectancy in the US increased in 2023 to 78.4 years. While life expectancy has somewhat recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic, the US is still below pre-pandemic levels and trails peer nations. www.healthsystemtracker.org/chart-collec...

How does U.S. life expectancy compare to other countries? - Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker

The U.S. has the lowest life expectancy among comparable countries, but spends nearly twice as much as them on healthcare per person, on average.

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BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed. Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals. Take a look. open.substack.com/pub/insideme...

BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.

Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.

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Feels like a good day to re-up the data from this 2023 KFF/Post survey talking to transgender Americans about their views and experiences: www.kff.org/mental-healt...