The High Cost of Healthcare for Families with a Stay-at-Home Mom or Dad

Healthcare costs a lot even when you have insurance, especially for families

When I interviewed homemakers for a working paper recently published with American Compass, the topic that came up most frequently was the high cost of health insurance.

This isn’t surprising. Most Americans—including most Americans with health insurance—worry about healthcare costs. One 2022 report found that 47% of U.S. adults who had health insurance …