This chart collection takes a deep dive into employment data to analyze how jobs and wages in the health sector shrank and recovered since the coronavirus pandemic struck in early 2020.
Category: Kaiser Family Foundation
Overall inflation has not yet flowed through to the health sector
Prices for medical services typically rise more quickly than the broader economy, but the reverse has been true recently as general inflation rose rapidly. The recent trend reflects the unusually high inflation affecting other parts of the economy, whi…
August 24 Web Event: Health Care Inflation in the U.S.
As the 2022 mid-term elections approach, inflation and gas prices are on the top of voters’ minds. While health care prices have often risen faster than the rest of the economy, the prices for medical services are generally set in advance – often tied …
How Will the Prescription Drug Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act Affect Medicare Beneficiaries?
The brief provides a quick explainer of the prescription drug provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law on August 16, 2022 and presents new estimates on how many Medicare beneficiaries could be helped by those provisions.
How Will the Prescription Drug Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act Affect Medicare Beneficiaries?
The brief provides a quick explainer of the prescription drug provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act signed into law on August 16, 2022 and presents new estimates on how many Medicare beneficiaries could be helped by those provisions.
August 24 Web Event: Health Care Inflation in the U.S.
As the 2022 mid-term elections approach, inflation and gas prices are on the top of voters’ minds. While health care prices have often risen faster than the rest of the economy, the prices for medical services are generally set in advance – often tied …
The Biggest Health Care Reform in a Decade Could Lower Your Costs
Larry Levitt writes about the political and practical impact of the health care provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act in The New York Times op-ed, “The Biggest Health Care Reform in a Decade Could Lower Your Costs.”
The Biggest Health Care Reform in a Decade Could Lower Your Costs
Larry Levitt writes about the political and practical impact of the health care provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act in The New York Times guest essay, “The Biggest Health Care Reform in a Decade Could Lower Your Costs.”
The Biggest Health Care Reform in a Decade Could Lower Your Costs
Larry Levitt writes about the political and practical impact of the health care provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act in The New York Times guest essay, “The Biggest Health Care Reform in a Decade Could Lower Your Costs.”
What Are the Prescription Drug Provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act?
This slideshow explains the prescription drug provisions proposed in the Inflation Reduction Act as passed by the Senate
