Updates
Retiring soon? Plan now for rising healthcare costs
Planning for retirement means thinking beyond your monthly income. One expense that’s easy to underestimate is…
America’s healthcare bill keeps growing. What does that mean for you?
Healthcare in the United States is becoming more expensive every year—and new federal projections suggest that trend…
Surprise medical bills are down. But could the system be driving up healthcare costs?
The federal No Surprises Act has been a win for consumers in one important way: It has reduced the number of surprise…
‘I’m very vocal’: Oregon woman speaks out against ‘ridiculous’ healthcare costs
At 70 years old, Phoebe lives in a small town in Oregon. She has spent decades navigating America’s healthcare…
We spend more, but are Americans healthier than people in other countries?
Americans spend nearly twice what residents in other high-income countries pay for healthcare.
Prescription drug prices rise in the U.S. but down elsewhere
Americans are paying more – sometimes a lot more – for brand-name medications while consumers in other high-income…
U.S. Supreme Court sides with consumers over Big Pharma
The pharmaceutical industry spent years fighting to overturn a 2022 law forcing drugmakers to negotiate Medicare drug…
No relief in sight: Americans are worried (some very worried) about high health care costs
For many years, survey research by health policy research firm KFF has found that the high cost of healthcare is a…
After a lifetime of hard work and hardship, Idaho man speaks up for affordable healthcare
For decades, Ged Randall worked some of the toughest jobs Idaho had to offer. He helped restore forests after logging…
Consumer voices helped persuade Oregon regulators to take deeper look into proposed hospital merger
After receiving comments from concerned consumers, including Voices for Affordable Health advocates…