Still Searching: How People Use Health Care Price Information in the United States, New York State, Florida, Texas and New Hampshire [PDF]
Americans bear a large and growing share of their health care costs in the form of high deductibles and insurance premiums, as well as copayments and, sometimes, coinsurance for physician office visits and hospitalizations.
Chloe Rinehart +2 more
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Private Health Insurance Provisions of H.R. 3962 [PDF]
[Excerpt] This report summarizes key provisions affecting private health insurance, including provisions to raise revenues, in Division A of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act, as introduced in the House of Representatives on October ...
Chaikind, Hinda +5 more
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Understanding Patients' Willingness to Pay for Biphasic Insulin Aspart 30/70 in a Pen Device for Type 2 Diabetes Treatment in an Out-of-Pocket Payment Market. [PDF]
Murthy S +5 more
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Living Close to the Edge: Financial Challenges and Tradeoffs for People on Medicare [PDF]
Profiles the choices and trade-offs Medicare beneficiaries make to cover expenses with limited financial resources, including cutting back on basics and relying on credit cards or help from family, and the effects on medical debts and access to ...
Adrianne Dulio, Juliette Cubanski
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Will Health Care Costs Bankrupt Aging Boomers? [PDF]
Using the Urban Institute's dynamic microsimulation model, projects 2010-40 income, out-of-pocket medical expenses, and insurance premiums for Americans age 65 and older, excluding long-term care costs, assuming no changes in healthcare costs or ...
Corina Mommaerts, Richard W. Johnson
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Will the Economic Recession Inhibit the Out-of-Pocket Payment Willingness for Health Care? [PDF]
Zheng Y, Huang Z, Jiang T.
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Consumers' Experience in Massachusetts: Lessons for National Health Reform [PDF]
Based on interviews, explores the impact of the state's 2006 healthcare reform on access to affordable coverage and on medical debt burdens. Discusses remaining issues and outlines lessons for national reform, including on the role of public ...
Andrew Cohen, Carol Pryor
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Out-of-Pocket Payment for Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitoring Among Commercially Insured in the United States. [PDF]
Desai R, Dietrich EA, Park H, Smith SM.
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Measuring financial protection in health [PDF]
Health systems are not just about improving health: good ones also ensure that people are protected from the financial consequences of receiving medical care. Anecdotal evidence suggests health systems often perform badly in this respect, apparently with
Wagstaff, Adam
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Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program: An Overview [PDF]
[Excerpt] The Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program provides health insurance to federal employees, retirees, and their dependents. This report provides a general overview of FEHB.
Blom, Kirstin B, Cornell, Ada S
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