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In the final months of the Trump Administration, the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released final rules establishing price transparency requirements for healthcare services. Generally, health insurance companies and healthcare providers negotiate prices for services and …
In this brief and the accompanying Health System Dashboard, we look across over a hundred data points to assess the performance of the health system in the United States. This year, the coronavirus pandemic has upended lives and economies and …
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, …
COVID-19 deaths in the United States have surpassed 200,000, and the coronavirus is now the third leading cause of death in this country, after heart disease and cancer. Before the pandemic, the U.S. already had the highest overall mortality rate …
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 …
NOTE: An updated version of this analysis is here.
While federal protections prevent most people from paying out-of-pocket for COVID-19 testing, patients may face substantial costs if hospitalized for treatment because there are no provisions that require private …
The COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically affected the utilization of health services in the United States. In the early months of the pandemic, there was an abrupt and sizable decrease in spending on health services. However, a notable exception has been …
The recent increase in COVID-19 cases is straining some parts of the U.S. health system due in part to the limited availability of hospital beds in hard hit communities and the simultaneous return of certain services that were delayed at …
To monitor the performance of the U.S. health system, our Health System Dashboard includes more than 50 indicators across four domains: health spending, quality of care, access & affordability, and health & wellbeing. The dashboard examines trends in the U.S. …
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 persons with symptoms when there is a concern of potential COVID-19. …