Research & Analysis

Marketplace enrollment soared at over 24 million plan selections for 2025, but the enhanced premium tax credits that enabled this surge are set to expire at the end of the year. Some 4.8 million people total will lose their insurance…

Employers are gravitating toward “transparent” pharmacy benefit managers this year, according to a survey from the National Alliance of Healthcare Purchaser Coalitions.  The 2025 “Pulse of the Purchaser” survey collated responses from purchasers and employers across the country. With nearly…

Eight percent of Americans were not covered by any kind of health insurance in 2024, remaining at a historic low, according to a September report from the U.S. Census Bureau. Here are six more things to know:

The No Surprises Act is tied to an 18% decline in out-of-pocket spending among adults with direct purchase private health insurance, according to a BMJ study published Aug. 27. The analysis was conducted by researchers from Harvard University and Mass…

Insurers own less than 5% of primary care providers, but this share has grown significantly since 2016, a study published in the July issue of Health Affairs Scholar found.  Researchers calculated the share of primary care providers owned by Optum,…

Tools that allow providers to see prescription cost estimates at the time of prescribing did not have any effect on cost, a study published July 3 in JAMA Network Open found.  The cohort study included 2.8 million Medicare Advantage beneficiaries…

The affordability of employer-sponsored health insurance varies significantly by household income, according to a report from the Peterson-KFF Health System tracker.  Average employer-sponsored insurance premiums have increased by 24% over the past five years, though deductibles have remained steady, according…