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Current selection: Health — health-insurance
For the first time, Medicare can negotiate pricing for ten commonly used prescription drugs.
In 2020, employers provided coverage to about half of all Americans. Meanwhile, nearly 9% of Americans were uninsured.
The price of branded cardiovascular drugs is 13 times higher than in 2000.
Americans — and their government — are paying more for health insurance at a time of uneven health risks across demographic groups and the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the year before the pandemic hit, 92% of people in the US had health insurance, with employment-based insurance as the most prevalent coverage type.
Young adults ages 19 to 25 are the most likely to be uninsured of any age group: 14% of them were uninsured in 2022.
Medicare for All is a key issue in the 2020 election. Candidates are considering the government's role in providing health insurance coverage. Meanwhile, in 2018, employers provided coverage to 55% of Americans.
The 0.6 percentage point decrease from 2017 to 2018 is the first decline in insurance rates since the Affordable Care Act went into effect.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is back in court. Since the 2017 tax bill cut out the individual mandate at the heart of the law, challengers now say the remaining part of the law is unconstitutional. Take a look at the tax and census data that could explain the effects of the law.
A combination of demographics and policy changes may point to an answer.
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