Imani Telesford

Research Assistant @KFF. Alumni of @CornellUniversity
Tweets are health policy.
Views are my own. (she/her)

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Millions of Americans are bracing themselves for a significant hike in their 2026 health insurance premiums without the subsidies at the center of the government shutdown battle.

It comes as health insurance costs are rising significantly throughout the country. A recent KFF survey found that the average annual premium for a family with workplace insurance reached nearly $27,000 in 2025. That’s a 6% increase from the previous year.

@IAmAmnaNawaz speaks to @cynthiaccox for more.

[Cynthia Cox @cynthiaccox]

You've heard the US spends more on healthcare than other countries. Where does that $ go?
Most of the difference is due to high priced inpatient & outpatient care.
Prescription drugs and insurer profit/overhead also contribute, but at a smaller scale
@KFF https://t.co/3jKyVB8vng

[KFF @KFF]

The latest data on U.S. health spending are now available on the Health Spending Explorer, an interactive tool that allows users to explore trends in health spending by federal/local governments, insurers, service providers, and consumers: https://t.co/Km2hOzgQBN

[KFF @KFF]

After many years of being known simply as KFF, we’re now making it official. Kaiser Health News, or KHN, also changes to KFF Health News to make it clear that we’ve always been one organization with one mission. Why do we call ourselves KFF?

[Cynthia Cox @cynthiaccox]

About 1 in 4 people with private health insurance pay more than $35 per month on insulin.
https://t.co/ed4eQ9XcvA

Across all adults, 1 in 6 insulin users rationed #insulin due to costs. 1 in 5 with private insurance rationed.
https://t.co/PCJOLh4kxg
@KFF @PetersonCHealth

[Cynthia Cox @cynthiaccox]

If when the Public Health Emergency ends in May, free COVID tests are harder to find, it may be harder to:
▪️Get timely Paxlovid treatment
▪️Use tests as screening before seeing vulnerable loved ones
▪️Test one's way out of COVID isolation/masking
▪️Know what's causing that cough

[Matt McGough @mcgough_matthew]

1/ NEW: Early in the pandemic, healthcare utilization dropped due to delayed, foregone, and cancelled care. But has healthcare utilization recovered?

Our new @KFF @PetersonCHealth analysis examines here: https://t.co/2wDeQOpV0Q

w/ @KrutikaAmin @cynthiaccox

[Jared Ortaliza @JaredOrtaliza]

NEW: 5 million uninsured people are eligible for free or nearly free ACA Marketplace plans. Open Enrollment for 2023 ends January 15 in most states. Read more here: https://t.co/E2Pol1a1Qv @kff @cynthiaccox @KrutikaAmin

[Shameek Rakshit @ShameekRakshit]

NEW: Life expectancy dropped 0.9 yrs in the US from 2020 to 2021 and rose an average of 0.4 yrs in comparable countries while the US spent more on healthcare per person.

Latest update here: https://t.co/4lfNABeqEw

@KFF @PetersonCHealth @cynthiaccox @KrutikaAmin @mcgough_matthew

[Jared Ortaliza @JaredOrtaliza]

NEW: Individual Market enrollment was 16.9 million people in 2022.

ACA-compliant individual market enrollment (both on- and off-Marketplace) is likely at a record high this year.
https://t.co/Fx5WGdKCs3 @KFF

[Emma Wager @emmawage]

NEW: As of July 2022, most health sectors have returned or almost returned to pre-pandemic employment numbers.

There are, however, notable exceptions.

Two of them.

https://t.co/9SO6QSgD4d