Larry Levitt
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 3
- Latest publication
- Sep 10, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for KFF
- Top 500K sites
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- Sep 10, 2026
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What’s Driving Rising Health Premiums? | KFF (opens the original)
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Costly health insurance premiums are straining employers and consumers alike. But, it’s underlying health care spending, especially for hospital care, that’s driving costs. KFF’s Larry Levitt looks at how hospital consolidation and employer demands for broad networks affect insurers’ ability, and willingness, to control prices. KFF encourages linking to and reposting of our content on social media and other digital platforms. Choose a video from our YouTube channel, click the Share button, selec
What Do We Get for the Cut Health Insurers Take? | KFF (opens the original)
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Insurers take a cut of every premium dollar for overhead and profit. The question isn’t just whether they profit, but also whether we’re getting value in return.KFF’s Larry Levitt breaks down how much goes to administrative costs and profit and how that varies across private insurance markets and Medicare, and considers what a Medicare-for-all system, which would be operated by the government, would address and what might be left unresolved. KFF encourages linking to and reposting of our content
Who Do We Trust to Decide What Health Care Gets Covered, and at What Price? | KFF (opens the original)
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Deciding what health care gets covered largely falls to health insurers, and it’s not a role that wins them many fans. A KFF poll finds prior authorization is the single biggest burden insured adults say they face beyond cost. KFF’s Larry Levitt weighs insurers’ role as a check on care that lacks medical evidence against the impact that delays and denials have on patient care and health care providers. KFF encourages linking to and reposting of our content on social media and other digital platf
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