Health Care

Number of Uninsured Americans Rose by 700,000 in 2017

By Yuval Rosenberg

The number of uninsured people in the United States rose by nearly 700,000 to 27.4 million in 2017, the first increase since 2010, according to an analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The...
How Congress Got So Broken

By Yuval Rosenberg

More than 50 House members chose not to seek re-election in 2018, and a new report from nonprofit groups Issue One and the R Street Institute examines what drove so many to that decision. The report...
Obamacare Sign-Ups Down by 11%. Why?

By Michael Rainey

Fewer people have enrolled in health care plans through the HealthCare.gov website this year, with sign-ups down by 11 percent compared to the same period in 2017. Margot Sanger-Katz and Reed Abelson...
The 20 Most Expensive Drugs in the US

By The Fiscal Times Staff

Drug price-comparison platform GoodRx recently released an expanded rundown of the 20 most costly drugs in the U.S., based on the list price set by manufacturers — which can be very different from...
Fixing U.S. Health Care: Can States Step Up Where Washington Has Failed?

By Yuval Rosenberg

The midterm elections may have focused extensively on health care, but the results have done little to clarify where health care reform is headed. “The future of U.S. health care reform is muddier...

Narrow Networks Still Dominate Obamacare Exchanges

By Yuval Rosenberg

Networks that offer less choice of health care providers remain the most common types of plans on Affordable Care Act exchanges, with 72 percent of the market, according to a new analysis by research...
No, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, a $21 Trillion Pentagon Accounting Error Can’t Pay for Medicare for All

By The Fiscal Times Staff

Newly elected representative and social media lightning rod Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) sparked a round of controversy this weekend when she compared the potential cost of Medicare for All to the...
Republicans Push Back on Trump Plan to Lower Drug Prices

By Yuval Rosenberg

In late October, the Trump administration announced a plan to lower some Medicare drug prices in part by tying them to an index of prices in other advanced economies, like France and Germany...
Under Trump, Number of Uninsured Kids Rose for First Time This Decade

By Phil Galewitz, Kaiser Health News

After years of steady decline, the number of U.S. children without health insurance rose by 276,000 in 2017, according to a Georgetown University report released Thursday. While not a big jump...
Do Your Health Insurance Premiums Keep Rising? Here’s One Likely Reason Why

By Yuval Rosenberg

Competition in the health insurance market isn’t as healthy as it could be, a new study by the American Medical Association finds. The key details: 73 percent of metropolitan areas in the U.S. have...

What’s Behind Soaring Drug Prices in the US?

By Michael Rainey

Forty years ago, spending on pharmaceuticals was about the same in the U.S. as in other wealthy countries. That began to change in the 1990s. By 2015, Americans were spending about $1,000 per person...
Democrats Won on Health Care. What Do They Do Now?

By Yuval Rosenberg

Democrats rode a health care message to their Election Day takeover of the House. Now that the election is (mostly) over, how will they follow through on that campaign focus? The party is still...
Chart of the Day: How Taxes and Transfers Affect US Incomes

By Michael Rainey

A new analysis of the distribution of household income by the Congressional Budget Office shows how taxes and means-tested transfers such as Medicaid and food stamps affect US incomes. “The combined...
The $65 Billion Superbug Threat to the US

By Yuval Rosenberg

Antibiotic-resistant superbugs are a deadly and expensive health threat — one that could largely be addressed for just a couple of dollars per person a year, according to an OECD report released this...
What the Exit Polls Revealed on Taxes and Health Care

By The Fiscal Times Staff

Here's what exit polls told us about some key issues: 45 percent: NBC News’ exit poll found that 45 percent of voters said the Republican tax cuts had no impact on their personal finances, compared...