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The Health Insurance Premium for a Family Averages $25,572 in 2024 – KFF’s Annual Update on Employer-Sponsored Benefits

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There are numerous facets on employer-sponsored health care to explore in the KFF report’s 220 pages, but I’m going to focus in on a few issues with which I’m working these days: on prescription drugs, telehealth, and mental health. In 2024, the average patient share amounts are shown in Figure 9.6

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How Will the “New” Health Economy Fare in a Macro-Economic Downturn?

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I had asked some years ago, “what is a pharmacy” anymore, when CVS Pharmacy dropped tobacco from its SKUs and aisles in February 2014, rebranding as CVS Health; and, when Amazon purchased PillPack in June 2018.

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Having Health Insurance Is a Social Determinant of Health: the implications of growing uninsured in the U.S.

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2017 reversed advancements in health insurance coverage increases since the advent of the Affordable Care Act, and for the first time since 2014 no states’ uninsured rates fell. And there’s very little bidding on drugs.” uninsurance rate rose to 12.2% by the fourth quarter of 2017, up 1.3