26 October 2023 - Lack of insurance coverage, high costs, and poor outcomes are well documented problems in the US health care system, and policies to address them have been hotly debated for decades. However, complexity is another under appreciated problem that hinders access and affordability and is more difficult to quantify.

A recent survey by KFF, with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, provides some hints at the scope of the problem for US consumers with various types of health coverage.

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