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Jan 8, 2010
This document explores how requiring individuals to obtain health insurance (an individual mandate) would affect health system performance along nine dimensions.
Oct 12, 2009
This document explores how increased cost participation by employees would affect health system performance along nine dimensions.
This document explores how expanding access to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) would affect health system performance along nine performance dimensions.
This document explores how creating or expanding access to purchasing pools would affect health system performance along nine dimensions.
May 1, 2008
Advocates of high-deductible health plans, which shift more of the cost of care to individuals, believe that consumers will more carefully assess the balance of health care benefits versus costs, ultimately improving efficiency and quality of care.
Dec 4, 2007
The intent of parity regulation is to equalize private insurance coverage for mental and physical illness (an equity concern) and to eliminate wasteful forms of competition due to adverse selection (an efficiency concern). In 2001, a presidential directive requiring comprehensive parity was implemented in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program. In this study, the authors examine how health plans responded to the parity directive.
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Sep 11, 2007
Many seniors quit taking drugs for chronic illnesses such as diabetes and high blood pressure when they exceed their drug plan's yearly spending limits.
Jul 16, 2007
RAND Study Finds Health Insurance Subsidies Won't Significantly Cut Number of Uninsured.
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Apr 17, 2007
This research brief assesses the effects of the government-required Federal Employees Health Benefits Program's provision of behavioral health benefits equal to its general health benefits on insurers and consumers' use of services and spending.
Feb 1, 2007
The Federal Employees Health Benefits Program implemented full mental health and substance abuse parity in January 2001.
Jan 1, 2007
In this paper the authors examine medication use among retirees with employer-sponsored drug coverage both with and without annual benefit limits.
Modest subsidies will have small effects on purchase in the nongroup market.
