JOURNAL ARTICLE
If consumer-directed health plans grow to account for half of all employer-sponsored insurance in the United States, health costs could drop by $57 billion annually—about 4 percent of all health care spending among the nonelderly.
NEWS RELEASE
If consumer-directed health plans grow to account for half of all employer-sponsored insurance in the United States, health costs could drop by $57 billion annually—about 4 percent of all health care spending among the nonelderly.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
This study estimated how healthy people value insurance coverage of specialty drugs, defined as high-cost drugs that treat cancer and other serious health conditions like multiple sclerosis, by quantifying willingness to pay via a survey.
PROJECT
Employment trajectories following the onset of disability are poorly understood. Employer-focused policy interventions may reduce uptake in public disability insurance and disability-induced early retirement.
NEWS RELEASE
The historic RAND Health Insurance Experiment found that patients had little or no control over their health care spending once they began to receive a physician's care, but this has changed for those enrolled in consumer-directed health plans.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
The historic RAND Health Insurance Experiment found that patients had little or no control over their health care spending once they began to receive a physician's care, but this has changed for those enrolled in consumer-directed health plans.
NEWS RELEASE
People who are medically vulnerable -- those with low incomes or chronic health problems -- who enroll in high-deductible health plans are at no more risk for cutting back on needed health care than other people who enroll in the plans.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
The largest-ever assessment of high-deductible health plans finds that while such plans significantly cut health spending, they also prompt patients to cut back on preventive health care.
NEWS RELEASE
The largest-ever assessment of high-deductible health plans finds that while such plans significantly cut health spending, they also prompt patients to cut back on preventive health care.
COMMENTARY
To clear up some of the confusion about the newly approved health care legislation, Elizabeth McGlynn debunks some common misconceptions about the bill.
COMMENTARY
To provide a context for understanding health insurance premium price increases, this document identifies the factors that insurance companies consider when setting rates for the next year.
REPORT
An exploration of the options available to Massachusetts as it considers establishing a comparative effectiveness center to guide health care purchasing decisions, as mandated by its legislature, reveals that all of the options are potentially feasible, but design decisions must consider the prioritization of comparative effectiveness research relative to other approaches to improving health care quality and reducing spending growth.
REPORT
This document explores how increased use of bundled payment approaches would affect health system performance along nine dimensions.
REPORT
This document explores how requiring employers to offer health insurance (an employer mandate) would affect health system performance along nine dimensions.
REPORT
This document explores how requiring individuals to obtain health insurance (an individual mandate) would affect health system performance along nine dimensions.
REPORT
This document explores how expanding Medicaid/SCHIP eligibility would affect health system performance along nine dimensions.
REPORT
This document explores how a refundable tax credit to offset the cost of health insurance premiums would affect health system performance along nine dimensions.
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This document explores how increased cost participation by employees would affect health system performance along nine dimensions.
REPORT
This document explores how creating or expanding access to purchasing pools would affect health system performance along nine dimensions.
REPORT
This document explores how expanding access to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) would affect health system performance along nine performance dimensions.
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