The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is committed to improving the nation's health care system. In recent years, many important changes have taken place in:
- the ways people choose their providers of medical care;
- the ways in which health care is paid for;
- Affordable Care Act (ACA); and
- the kinds of health insurance plans available and the services covered by those plans.
These and other changes have created a critical need for continuous up-to-date information on the types of health care people obtain and how this care is paid for. The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) is designed to provide this information to the public, the health care community, and leaders in government and the private sector.