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Out-of-Pocket Health Care Costs

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Achieving Universal Coverage

Paying for It: How Health Care Costs and Medical Debt Are Making Americans Sicker and Poorer

Surveys / Oct 26, 2023

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Controlling Health Care Costs

State Protections Against Medical Debt

Maps and Interactives

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Achieving Universal Coverage

Can Older Adults with Employer Coverage Afford Their Health Care?

Issue Briefs / Aug 10, 2023

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Achieving Universal Coverage

The State of U.S. Health Insurance in 2022

Surveys / Sep 29, 2022

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Achieving Universal Coverage

The New Gold Standard: How Changing the Marketplace Coverage Benchmark Could Impact Affordability

Issue Briefs / Sep 22, 2022

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Controlling Health Care Costs

The Inflation Reduction Act is a Milestone Achievement in Lowering Americans’ Health Care Costs

Blog / Aug 15, 2022

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Improving Health Care Quality

Are Financial Barriers Affecting the Health Care Habits of American Men?

Issue Briefs / Jul 14, 2022

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Achieving Universal Coverage

State Trends in Employer Premiums and Deductibles, 2010–2020

Fund Reports / Jan 12, 2022

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Controlling Health Care Costs

Older Adults on Medicare and Those Near Medicare Age Face Cost Barriers to Care

Blog / Nov 02, 2021

Controlling Health Care Costs

Measuring Changes in Household Spending Burden Under Health Reform Proposals

Fund Reports / Apr 06, 2021

Controlling Health Care Costs

A Comprehensive Assessment Tool to Evaluate Medicare Savings Proposals

Blog / Feb 23, 2021

A Health Care Regulatory Agenda for the Biden Administration

Achieving Universal Coverage

A Health Care Regulatory Agenda for the Biden Administration

Blog / Jan 13, 2021

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