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Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, it was not clear how healthcare utilization and spending would change. Although one might expect health costs to increase during a pandemic, there were other factors driving spending and utilization down.
In spring of 2020, …
Testing for COVID-19 remains a key strategy to identify active infections and contain the spread of the virus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends testing for people when there is a concern of potential COVID-19, including when …
This chart collection explores recently released National Health Expenditure (NHE) data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. These data offer insight into changes in health spending over time as well as the driving forces behind spending growth.…
In this chart collection, we take a look at how U.S. health spending compares to health spending in other OECD countries that are similarly large and wealthy (identified based on median GDP and median GDP per capita). For this analysis …
Earlier this year we released an analysis looking at how often health plans had taken steps to limit out-of-pocket costs for their enrollees during the pandemic. We found that many individual and fully-insured group market insurers had waived cost-sharing (copays, …
It is well documented that the U.S. is an outlier among peer countries when it comes to health spending, and recent Peterson-KFF analysis finds that the cost of inpatient and outpatient care is the primary driver behind this gap in …
Public health efforts aim to promote population health and wellbeing and generally include a variety of initiatives, such as disaster preparedness, nutrition and education programs, disease prevention programs, and epidemiological surveillance. The COVID-19 pandemic is testing governments’ capacities to address …
Compared to other private health plans in the U.S., coverage offered by large employers tends to be the most generous and comprehensive. However, even in these relatively generous plans, out-of-pocket spending has risen about twice as fast as workers’ wages …
Over the last couple of years, there has been increased attention on the price of prescription drugs; polling data has shown that almost eight in ten people in the U.S. say the cost of prescription drugs is unreasonable, and three …
The United States spends significantly more on healthcare than comparable countries, and yet has worse health outcomes. Much of the national conversation has focused on spending on prescription drugs and administrative costs as the primary drivers of health spending in …