Consumers more satisfied with health insurance despite rising costs
Over the past few years, the way people interact with their health insurers on a regular basis has changed dramatically.
More being done to educate young adults about health insurance
Young adults are important to success of the healthcare exchanges and keeping the premiums affordable for all ages.
Slower growth for employer-backed health insurance premiums
A lot of the recent attention for the health insurance industry has been focused on the speed with which those who buy coverage through the ACA’s mandated exchanges are seeing their premiums rise.
Some worry about paying full price for exchange insurance
While the government-run health insurance exchange sites allow millions of Americans to buy subsidized coverage, there are millions more who also buy through those marketplaces without a subsidy.
Smokers pay much more for health insurance but don’t seem to care
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act brought a lot of relief to consumers concerned about not being able to get coverage at an relatively low price.
ACA coverage presenting affordable options to many Americans
Since the coverage mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was put into place, millions of Americans have been able to get health insurance for what could have been the first time in their lives.
Employer-sponsored insurance grows more expensive for workers
Over the past few years, the cost of insurance has continued to rise, albeit at a slower pace than had been experienced across much of the previous decade.
Consumers’ biggest health insurance concern continues to be cost
Rising health insurance costs have been front and center for millions of Americans over the past decade-plus, and are in fact what led to the implementation of many aspects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Number of Americans without health insurance reaches new lows
Since Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010, the number of people who go without health insurance each year has fallen slowly but steadily.
Despite ACA expansion, many still go without health insurance
Over the past few years, the number of people who have been able to get health insurance for the first time has increased significantly, adding millions of Americans to the rolls of those who have coverage.