

Health System Dashboard
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17.7%
of the GDP
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10.5%
of adults report delaying or going without care due to costs
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-65%
from 1980 to 2017
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70.4%
of children aged 19-35 months received combined 7-vaccine series
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Average share of family income going towards health insurance premium contributions and out-of-pocket medical expenses, 2017
How affordability of health care varies by income among people with employer coverage
The affordability of health insurance and health care continue to be key public concerns. While recent policy discussions have largely focused on the adequacy of financial assistance for those covered in ACA marketplaces and the nongroup market, millions of people …
The Real Cost of Health Care: Interactive Calculator Estimates Both Direct and Hidden Household Spending
A new interactive tool from KFF estimates total household health spending for individuals and families in the U.S., including costs that are often less visible to consumers.
Users can generate scenarios based on family …
What are the recent and forecasted trends in prescription drug spending?
The cost of prescription drugs has become a hot-button issue with consumers and policymakers. One in four people taking prescription drugs report difficulty affording their medication and recent Kaiser Family Foundation opinion polling has found bipartisan support for government action …
How do mortality rates in the U.S. compare to other countries?
The U.S. has lower than average mortality rates for cancers but higher than average rates in the other causes of mortality. This collection of charts explores how mortality rates in the U.S. compare to similar OECD countries (those that are …
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’ health status – and thus their need …
A generation of healthcare in the United States: Has value improved in the last 25 years?
Jeffrey Selberg is a Senior Advisor with the Peterson Center on Healthcare. Bradley Sawyer, Cynthia Cox, Marco Ramirez, Gary Claxton, and Larry Levitt are with the Kaiser Family Foundation.
Measuring the value of the U.S. healthcare system – and particularly …
More employers are paying for telemedicine, but enrollee take-up has been relatively low
Telemedicine – the delivery of health services by providers at remote locations, such as through video conferencing or remote monitoring – has been seen as a way to possibly improve access to care while also lowering costs. In our 2018 …
What are recent trends and characteristics of workers with high drug spending?
An updated version of this analysis is available here.
Prescription drug spending grew rapidly between 2014 and 2015, but increases have been more modest recently. Several studies by the federal government, pharmacy benefit managers, and insurers point to high prices …
An analysis of out-of-network claims in large employer health plans
Being unable to afford health care when it is needed is one of the major worries of families, even those with insurance. Overall cost sharing (i.e., deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance) has been increasing in employer plans, and enrollees who use …
Increases in cost-sharing payments continue to outpace wage growth
Cost-sharing between insurance providers and patients has increasingly become a topic of public discussion. In particular, the increasing proportion that enrollees are paying for healthcare has been an area of concern. For example, in the ten years from 2006 to …