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		<title>Tracking Insurer Participation Changes in the ACA Marketplaces in 2027</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/tracking-insurer-participation-changes-in-the-aca-marketplaces-in-2027/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffjaredo]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:22:53 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Health Policy and Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACA Marketplaces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Care Markets]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This interactive tracks announced insurer exits from and entries into the ACA Marketplaces for 2027.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Explaining Health Care Reform: Questions About Health Insurance Subsidies</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/explaining-health-care-reform-questions-about-health-insurance-subsidies/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffaeronw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigrant Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACA Marketplaces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cost Sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eligibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enrollment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Income and Assets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Premiums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Subsidies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taxes]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This brief provides an overview of the financial assistance provided under the ACA for people purchasing coverage on their own through health insurance Marketplaces (also called exchanges). ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>National Academy of Medicine’s 2026 Annual Meeting (Scientific Symposium on Chronic Disease)</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/national-academy-of-medicines-2026-annual-meeting-scientific-symposium-on-chronic-disease/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/national-academy-of-medicines-2026-annual-meeting-scientific-symposium-on-chronic-disease/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffaeronw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Information and Trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uninsured]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACA Marketplaces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chronic Diseases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Premiums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Budgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaccines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Voting]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[KFF Founding President and CEO Dr. Drew Altman delivered the Victor J. Dzau Keynote Address at the National Academy of Medicine’s 2026 Annual Meeting (Scientific Symposium on Chronic Disease) on October 10, 2026, where he described the big challenges ahead in health policy, and where chronic illness fits.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Frequently Asked Questions about the ACA’s Health Insurance Marketplace</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/frequently-asked-questions-about-the-acas-health-insurance-marketplace/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/frequently-asked-questions-about-the-acas-health-insurance-marketplace/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffmichaelp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:24:59 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACA Marketplaces]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[What are premium tax credits and how do they work? How much can I earn and qualify for premium tax credits in the Marketplace? What income is counted in determining my eligibility for premium tax credits? Who is eligible for Marketplace premium tax credits? Can I buy health insurance outside of the Marketplace that meets…]]></description>
		
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		<title>Preguntas frecuentes sobre el Mercado de Seguros Médicos de la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/preguntas-frecuentes-sobre-el-mercado-de-seguros-medicos-de-la-ley-de-cuidado-de-salud-a-bajo-precio/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/preguntas-frecuentes-sobre-el-mercado-de-seguros-medicos-de-la-ley-de-cuidado-de-salud-a-bajo-precio/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffmichaelp]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACA Marketplaces]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[¿Cómo funcionan los subsidios para las primas? ¿Cuánto puedo ganar y calificar para subsidios para las primas en el mercado? ¿Qué ingreso cuenta para determinar mi elegibilidad para recibir subsidios? ¿Quién es elegible para recibir subsidios para las primas? ¿Puedo comprar un seguro de salud por fuera del mercado que cumpla con todos los estándares…]]></description>
		
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		<title>Midterm Election Update: Immigrant Health Policy  </title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/elections/midterm-election-update-immigrant-health-policy/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/elections/midterm-election-update-immigrant-health-policy/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffaeronw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 18:12:09 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Immigrant Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access to Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Workforce]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Immigration restrictions and enforcement are central to the Trump administration’s domestic agenda and a focus of debate in the 2026 midterm elections. These policies have ripple effects on health care: immigration-related fears are leading some immigrant families to avoid medical care and drop coverage, including for U.S. citizen children, and visa restrictions could strain a health care workforce that relies on immigrants. Federal law has also narrowed eligibility for health coverage among lawfully present immigrants, and states are responding in different ways.]]></description>
		
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		<title>More Than 4 Million Medicare Beneficiaries Will Have Their Medicare Advantage or Stand-Alone Prescription Drug Plan Terminated at the End of 2026</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicare/more-than-4-million-medicare-beneficiaries-will-have-their-medicare-advantage-or-stand-alone-prescription-drug-plan-terminated-at-the-end-of-2026/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffjeanniefb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dual Eligible Individuals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Enrollment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Managed Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Advantage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Part D]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prescription Drugs]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Data from the Centers for Medicare &#38; Medicaid Services (CMS) shows that 4.3 million Medicare beneficiaries, including 3.1 million Medicare Advantage drug plan enrollees and 1.2 million PDP enrollees, will have their plan terminated at the end of 2026. An additional 1.4 million Medicare Advantage enrollees are in a plan that is consolidating with another plan offered by the same insurer. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Can AI Find the Cure?</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/other-health/can-ai-find-the-cure/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffrobins]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Other Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Delivery System]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Technology]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Medicine has its maps: Anatomists charted the body, and the Human Genome Project gave us the code. Now, the Human Cell Atlas, a global effort involving thousands of scientists, is using AI to create comprehensive reference maps of all human cells to understand human health and diagnose, monitor and treat disease. Given the extraordinary implications for drug discovery and potential cures, Chip talks with Dr. Sarah Teichmann, co-founder of the Human Cell Atlas, chair in Stem Cell Medicine at the University of Cambridge, and a non-executive director at 10x Genomics, among other roles, about the potential of the Human Cell Atlas.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Survey: More Than Half of Women in States with Abortion Bans Wouldn’t Know Where to Get an Abortion if They Needed One, Up Since 2024</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/survey-more-than-half-of-women-in-states-with-abortion-bans-wouldnt-know-where-to-get-an-abortion-if-they-needed-one-up-since-2024/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffrainl]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Women's Health Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reproductive Health]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[More than half (53%) of reproductive-age women living in states with abortion-provision bans say they would not know where to go or where to find information if they needed an abortion, up from 43% in 2024, according to a new KFF survey.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Women’s Experiences with Abortion, Access, and Concerns About Future Pregnancy</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/womens-experiences-with-abortion-access-and-concerns-about-future-pregnancy/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffivetteg]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Women's Health Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access to Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reproductive Health]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This brief provides national estimates from the 2026 KFF Women’s Health Survey on reproductive age women’s experiences with abortion, the impact of Dobbs on abortion access and women’s concerns about future pregnancies, as well as women’s knowledge on the availability of medication abortion. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Overview of President Trump’s Executive Actions Impacting LGBTQ+ Health</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/lgbtq/overview-of-president-trumps-executive-actions-impacting-lgbtq-health/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffbritw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 20:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[LGBTQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access to Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Courts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gender Identity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Orientation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This tracker examines Executive Actions taken by the Trump administration that have the potential to impact LGBTQ+ people’s health. It lists the action taken by date, provisions relevant to LGBTQ+ health, and describes potential impact, including litigation challenging these actions.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Tracking Key Mental Health and Substance Use Policy Actions Under the Trump Administration</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/mental-health/tracking-key-mental-health-and-substance-use-policy-actions-under-the-trump-administration/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffnirmitap]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:41:56 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Access to Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gun Violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opioids]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Substance Use]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A new KFF tracker highlights key federal policy actions during President Trump’s second term that concern issues related to mental health and substance use. The second Trump administration has emphasized law-and-order strategies and scaled back several mental health and substance use-related services, while also continuing some treatment-focused initiatives. The tracker can be viewed in multiple ways, including chronological order of policy actions and by category (Mental Health; Opioids/Substance Use Disorder; Federal Infrastructure/ Data/Guidance; and Gun Violence).]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How Does the Quality of the U.S. Health System Compare to Other Countries?</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/other-health/how-does-the-quality-of-the-u-s-healthcare-system-compare-to-other-countries/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffamyj]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Other Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[County-Level Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health System Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Comparisons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mortality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quality Measures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treatment]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This chart collection compares the United States and other similarly large and wealthy nations across various measures of care quality to show how the U.S. stacks up against its peers and how that has changed over time. ]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Americans’ Challenges with Health Care Costs</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/americans-challenges-with-health-care-costs/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffaeronw]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Racial Equity and Health Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Affordability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High-Deductible Plans]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This data note summarizes recent KFF polling on Americans’ experiences with health care costs, which factor into decisions about insurance coverage and care seeking and consistently ranks as a top financial worry for adults and their families.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>What We Know about Trump’s $500 ACA Checks and the User Fees Funding Them</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/what-we-know-about-trumps-500-aca-checks-and-the-user-fees-funding-them/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/affordable-care-act/what-we-know-about-trumps-500-aca-checks-and-the-user-fees-funding-them/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffjustinl]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:53:39 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patient and Consumer Protections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACA Marketplaces]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Administrative Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Financing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Premiums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Subsidies]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This analysis examines the $500 checks that the Trump administration is sending to some Affordable Care Act Marketplace enrollees and the user fees that are paying for them. The checks are going to about 1 million enrollees in the 30 states that rely on the federal HealthCare.gov Marketplace who are not receiving any tax credits this year – a small share of the 19.2 million people who were enrolled nationally as of February.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Assessing Ability to Work: How Historical SNAP Processes May Vary from Medicaid</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/assessing-ability-to-work-how-historical-snap-processes-may-vary-from-medicaid/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/medicaid/assessing-ability-to-work-how-historical-snap-processes-may-vary-from-medicaid/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffamayad]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 14:02:07 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Medicaid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Health Policy and Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eligibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Security and Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Stamps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicaid Work Requirements]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In light of the uncertainty surrounding how states will verify the Medicaid medical frailty exclusion, this issue brief describes how the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has handled similar administrative challenges. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>How Much is Health Spending Expected to Grow?</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/how-much-is-health-spending-expected-to-grow/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffamyj]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 13:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prescription Drugs]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This chart collection explores how much health spending is expected to grow in the coming years, with a look at growth in prescription drug spending, out-of-pocket spending, and related trends.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Recently Released KFF Poll Shows Uncertainty Over Established Safety of COVID-19 Vaccines During Pregnancy &#8211; The Monitor</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-information-trust/recently-released-kff-poll-shows-uncertainty-over-established-safety-of-covid-19-vaccines-during-pregnancy/</link>
					<comments>https://www.kff.org/health-information-trust/recently-released-kff-poll-shows-uncertainty-over-established-safety-of-covid-19-vaccines-during-pregnancy/#respond</comments>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffhagerey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Information and Trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Artificial Intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maternal and Child Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reproductive Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vaccines]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[KFF’s recently released Tracking Poll finds that public confidence in the safety of COVID-19 vaccines for use during pregnancy has fallen, and many are uncertain about a false claim linking the vaccines with higher risk of miscarriage.  Separately, conversations about childhood vaccines frame vaccination as an individual parental decision.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Workers Now Pay $7,471 on Average Annually for Family Health Coverage, Up 9% or $621 from 2025, Benchmark Employer Health Benefits Survey Finds</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/private-insurance/workers-now-pay-7471-on-average-annually-for-family-health-coverage-up-9-or-621-from-2025-benchmark-employer-health-benefits-survey-finds/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffrainl]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cost Sharing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[High-Deductible Plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Premiums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prescription Drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retiree Coverage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telehealth]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Workers are paying on average $7,471 annually toward the premiums for employer-sponsored family health benefits this year, which is up 9%, or $621, from 2025, per KFF’s annual benchmark health benefits survey of large and small employers. The burden of family premiums hits particularly hard for workers at small firms with less than 200 workers.]]></description>
		
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		<title>2026 Employer Health Benefits Survey</title>
		<link>https://www.kff.org/health-costs/2026-employer-health-benefits-survey/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[kffcarenec]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cost Sharing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Prescription Drugs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retiree Coverage]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is the 28th Employer Health Benefits Survey (EHBS) and reflects employer-sponsored health benefits in 2026. As in years past, the survey examines trends in employer coverage, including premiums, employee contributions, deductibles, offer rates, and employer practices. This year, we asked employers detailed questions about satisfaction with their health plans; coverage of GLP-1 agonists and IVF; actions taken in response to projected cost increases; and firms’ ability to obtain information about health care costs and utilization.]]></description>
		
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