This analysis presents the most current data on out-of-pocket health care spending by Medicare beneficiaries, both overall and among different groups of beneficiaries. The analysis explores how much Medicare beneficiaries spend out of pocket in total o…
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What Do We Know About Infant Mortality in the U.S. and Comparable Countries?
An updated slideshow examines infant mortality rates in the United States, including variations by race and ethnicity and comparisons with similar countries.
Visualizing Health Policy: US Public’s Perspective on Prescription Drug Costs
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Visualizing Health Policy: US Public’s Perspective on Prescription Drug Costs
This infographic examines public opinion on prescription drug costs in the United States as part of the Visualizing Health Policy infographic series, produced in partnership with the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
Employer-based coverage is unaffordable for low-wage workers
In this Axios column, Drew Altman digs into 2019 data on employer-provided health coverage and explains why employer coverage is often unaffordable for lower wage workers.
Benchmark Employer Survey Finds Average Family Premiums Now Top $20,000
Annual family premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance rose 5% to average $20,576 this year, according to the 2019 benchmark KFF Employer Health Benefits Survey released today. Workers’ wages rose 3.4% and inflation rose 2% over the same period…
Employer Strategies to Reduce Health Costs and Improve Quality through Network Configuration
Released in conjunction with the 2019 Employer Health Benefits Survey, a new report on the Peterson-KFF Health System Tracker provides insight from focus groups on the current strategies companies are using to manage rising costs and improve quality of…
Employer Health Benefits Annual Survey Archives
The Kaiser Family Foundation and the Health Research and Educational Trust have conducted this annual survey since 1999. The archives of the Employer Health Benefits Survey include these surveys and a small business supplement of the 1998 survey conduc…
Premiums and Worker Contributions Among Workers Covered by Employer-Sponsored Coverage, 1999-2019
This graphing tool allows users to explore trends in workplace-sponsored health insurance premiums and worker contributions over time for different categories of employers based on results from the annual Employer Health Benefits Survey. Breakouts are…
2019 Employer Health Benefits Survey
Annual premiums for employer-sponsored family health coverage reached $20,576 this year, up 5% from last year, with workers on average paying $6,015 toward the cost of their coverage. The average deductible among covered workers in a plan with a genera…
