California’s value-based insurance design (VBID) program was associated with a higher probability of primary care use, a lower probability of inpatient admissions, and no change in total costs...
The annual out-of-pocket cost for women with an invasive breast cancer diagnosis receiving insurance coverage through an employer-sponsored plan was $1,502.23, a study published in JAMA Network Open...
The cost of cancer goes beyond financial expenditures for adolescent and young adult patients, extending into mental health impacts and workplace productivity losses, according to a report...
High deductible health plan (HDHP) enrollees may have a broader selection of health plans and may view pre-deductible coverage for chronic disease prevention care as a deciding factor in health plan...
Updated 2/17/2023: This article has been updated to reflect a correction to the original data. The previous version of this article said that 26 percent of ACA plans had deductibles between $4,501...
Out-of-pocket costs for buprenorphine prescriptions for opioid use disorder treatment decreased between 2015 and 2020, but costs varied by payer, according to a study published in JAMA Network...
The Affordable Care Act marketplace premium tax credits were introduced in 2010 and continue to play an integral role in US health insurance.
A Google search on premium tax credits will demonstrate...
From 2013 to 2020, cost-sharing trends shifted: deductibles grew, copayments increased for certain services and depending on union employment, and out-of-pocket healthcare spending maximums rose,...
Insulin costs vary based on insurance coverage type and coverage types that lead to high healthcare spending can force patients to ration their insulin supplies, a report from the US Department of...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace allows individuals to purchase health plans through the federal insurance marketplace or state-based marketplaces, depending on the state.
HealthCare.gov offers four categories of health plans...
Even though many Americans are concerned about health insurance costs, most plan to remain in their current health plan for 2023, according to a survey by ValuePenguin.
Qualtrics sent out the online...
The share of their income that major payers spend on social determinants of health may have increased over time, but it remains a lackluster percentage, a study published in the Journal of General...
While employer-sponsored health plans’ total costs for coronavirus hospitalizations could range from $10,000 to over $38,000 in 2020, employee costs remained fairly consistent, a Peterson-Kaiser...
Annual family 2022 premiums will average $22,463, with employees in employer sponsored health plans contributing on average $6,106, the annual Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) Employer Health Benefits...
Dialysis increased monthly spending for privately-covered members with chronic diseases by approximately 292 percent, according to a study published in JAMA Open Network.
The researchers drew their...
As Medicare Advantage enrollment is expected to rise in the coming years, a new survey from the Commonwealth Fund revealed that beneficiaries are choosing the private program over traditional Medicare...
Members of Blue Cross Blue Shield’s Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program and Federal Employees Dental and Vision Insurance Program (FEDVIP) will have lower premiums for dental and...
Medicare Part B premiums and deductibles will decrease in 2023, while Part A costs will rise, according to a fact sheet released by CMS.
Medicare Part B offers coverage for physician services,...
While negotiated drug prices dropped, out-of-pocket healthcare spending on generic prescription drugs increased for patients as generics moved from Tier 1 to tiers typically dedicated to brand drugs,...
As employer-sponsored health plan costs are expected to rise over the next three years, employers plan to implement new programs and policies to improve affordability, according to a survey from Willis...
