Category: Health Reform

What To Watch In The 2024 ACA Open Enrollment

With the start of the 2024 Affordable Care Act open enrollment, the Marketplaces have been operating for a full decade and are heading into their eleventh year. This policy watch outlines changes to watch out for during 2024 Open Enrollment.

What to Watch in the 2024 ACA Open Enrollment

With the start of the 2024 Affordable Care Act open enrollment, the Marketplaces have been operating for a full decade and are heading into their eleventh year. This policy watch outlines changes to watch out for during 2024 Open Enrollment.

Health Insurance Marketplace Calculator

The Health Insurance Marketplace Calculator, updated with 2024 premium data, provides estimates of health insurance premiums and subsidies for people purchasing insurance on their own in health insurance exchanges (or “Marketplaces”) created by the Af…

Calculadora del Mercado de Seguros Médicos

2024 Esta calculadora ilustra las primas (el costo mensual de su seguro) y subsidios para las personas que compran seguro médico por su propia cuenta en el nuevo mercado de seguros de salud (o de intercambio) creado por la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Baj…

Consumer Survey Highlights Problems with Denied Health Insurance Claims

This Data Note includes major findings from the KFF Consumer Survey on consumer experiences with claim denials. Among those who used the most health care over the past year, 27% experienced a denied claim. More consumers with private insurance experie…

The 4 Arguments You Will Hear Against Drug Price Negotiation

As the Biden administration begins the process of negotiation drug prices for Medicare as authorized in the Inflation Reduction Act, KFF’s Larry Levitt probes some of the arguments against it and the policy and political implications of the debate in t…

Marketplace Insurers are Proposing a 6% Average Premium Hike for 2024 and Pointing to Inflation as a Key Driver of Costs

ACA Marketplace insurers are requesting a median premium increase of 6% for 2024, according to a new KFF analysis of the preliminary rate filings. Insurers’ proposed rate changes – most of which fall between 2% and 10% – may change during the review pr…

An Early Look at What is Driving Health Costs in 2024 ACA Markets

In their early rate filings, Marketplace insurers are requesting a median premium increase of 6% for 2024, which they say is largely due to price increases for medical care and prescription drugs.

An Early Look at What is Driving Health Costs in 2024 ACA Markets

In their early rate filings, Marketplace insurers are requesting a median premium increase of 6% for 2024, which they say is largely due to price increases for medical care and prescription drugs.

How much and why 2024 premiums are expected to grow in Affordable Care Act Marketplaces

This analysis of insurers’ preliminary rate filings shows that ACA Marketplace insurers are requesting a median premium increase of 6% for 2024. Insurers cite price increases for medical care and prescription drugs as a key driver of premium growth in …