Nearly 9 million fewer Americans below the age of 65 said that they struggled to pay for medical expenses for themselves or somebody in their household during the first half of 2015 than in 2011, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
A new study by the Kaiser Family Foundation finds that many seniors who take expensive drugs for arthritis, hepatitis C, multiple sclerosis and cancer will spend between $4,000 and $12,000 in 2016 just to take one drug.
The Congressional Budget Office is reaffirming a forecast it made two years ago that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will cost the United States 2 million jobs over the next decade.