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Infographic titled “KFF Tracking Poll Finds Significant Concerns About Health Care Costs.” It shows: A third (32%) say that they are “very worried” about their ability to afford health care for them and their families – more than say the same about affording food and groceries (24%), rent or mortgage (23%), monthly utility bills (22%), or gasoline and other transportation costs (17%). A majority (56%) of the public expect health care costs for their family to become less affordable in the coming year. About 1 in 5 say that their health care costs have increased more quickly than other necessities, like utilities and groceries.
Across a range of measures, KFF’s latest poll finds significant concern about health care costs.
Dig into the findings: https://on.kff.org/49XZyLG
9 in 10 Marketplace enrollees (90%) expect that the expiration of the enhanced premium tax credits will have an impact on the amount they pay monthly for their health insurance, including 7 in 10 (69%) who say it will have a “major impact.”
More from our latest poll: https://on.kff.org/4ptXoK8
With all the talk about ACA costs being out of control, they are actually quite similar to and slightly less than employer (group) health costs.
The problem is health care costs, not the ACA.
Something I think gets lost in the debate over ACA enhanced premium tax credits: 65% of ACA marketplace enrollees have incomes under 200% of the poverty level ($31,300 for a single person). These are folks who make too much for Medicaid but don't have access to employer coverage.
Grantmakers in Health has opened nominations for the 2026 Terrance Keenan Leadership Award in Health Philanthropy and the Andy Hyman Award for Advocacy. More information and a link to submit nominations can be found here: www.gih.org/gih-news/gra...
Translating support for the ACA into support at the ballot box is the challenge...
New, and a big deal: Based on updated data and changes made by the Trump administration, we now estimate that ACA enrollees would see their out-of-pocket premiums increase by 114% if enhanced premium tax credits are allowed to expire.
www.kff.org/affordable-c...
Unless Congress acts, health insurance premiums are going up. Way up. missouriindependent.com/2025/09/22/r... @urbaninstitute.bsky.social @missouriindependent.com.web.brid.gy
Georgia's Medicaid work requirement program spends more on administrative costs than on providing care and has enrolled less than 3% of the eligible population. Thanks to HR 1, we'll be rolling it out to the whole country. Senseless. @apnews.com apnews.com/article/geor...
Math.
The Republican tax and spending law cuts federal Medicaid spending in rural areas by $137 billion over a decade, much more than the temporary $50 billion rural health relief fund.
Whenever proposals to control drug prices come up, we hear about the loss of innovation and potential life saving medicines. Where are those voices now?
As many as 200,000 Missourians will lose their health insurance as a result of federal policies.
As Medicaid Turns 60, Its Future Hangs in the Balance: mffh.org/news/as-medi...
Upwards of 160,000 of them will be in Missouri.
Nice marmot.
Medicaid cuts affect all: "The cuts to federal funding would likely damage state economies, lowering revenue for providers and then impacting other businesses in their supply chains — as well as the jobs and incomes of their workers..." @commonwealthfund.org www.healthcaredive.com/news/medicai...
Not to diminish the other harmful provisions in OBBB, but the coverage losses are what will cause the most damage to providers and (obviously) patients.
I wrote about the cruel farce that is Josh Hawley pretending to defend Medicaid & SNAP.
Missouri’s failure to administer SNAP under *current* law is the subject of a 3 year lawsuit. Medicaid is also a mess. Hawley knows we can’t handle more red tape w/o dropping many more eligible people:
Americans can expect higher premiums, deductibles, & out-of-pocket costs across Medicaid, Medicare, ACA, and employer coverage if House Republicans' recon bill is enacted. The latest from @andreaducas.bsky.social & @groundwork.bsky.social Andrés Arguello: www.americanprogress.org/article/hous...
"It is hard to articulate a comprehensible justification for ballooning the federal debt in service of saving fewer lives." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Bottom line...
The original House bill would have led to about 10 million more uninsured people, according to CBO. The amended version that passed would lead to more people losing health insurance. If this bill gets enacted, it would represent the biggest rollback in federal support for health care ever.
Let me help with that. Analysis by Missouri Foundation for Health shows that as many as 350,000 Missourians could lose coverage. More than 1 in 5 residents of Rep. Alford's district are on Medicaid. A quarter of them could lose coverage. mffh.org/news/cuts-to...
More red tape and bureaucratic hassles. People who qualify for coverage falling through the cracks. Now Congress wants to expand failed programs like Georgia Pathways to all 50 states. We already know this doesn't work. Why is it even on the table? www.propublica.org/article/geor... @propublica.org
Medicaid plays a vital role in rural Missouri, covering nearly a quarter of residents. Cuts will disproportionally harm rural communities, resulting in higher uninsurance and larger disparities with urban areas. #equity sites.wustl.edu/cahsper/item... @cahsperiph.bsky.social @mcbridetd.bsky.social
Medicaid cuts won't make America healthy again. They will make millions of Americans uninsured again.
Medicaid cuts = loss of these benefits.
New research shows that many choose coverage through Medicaid expansion rather than disability, offsetting more than half of Missouri's expansion costs. Cuts would increase the state's cost of covering these enrollees. sites.wustl.edu/cahsper/item... @mcbridetd.bsky.social @cahsperiph.bsky.social