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July 30, 2012 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the University of Southern Maine analyzed the impact of new health plans in Maine and Massachusetts that were designed to cover uninsured residents, as part of State Health Access Reform Evaluation, an RWJF national program.
May 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Enrollment is increasing in consumer-directed health insurance plans, which feature high deductibles and a personal health care savings account.
October 1, 2011 | Journal Article
An expert panel expressed divergent opinions about what constitutes affordability of health insurance premiums under the ACA.
September 8, 2011 | Journal Article
The long-term trend of consolidation among U.S. health plans has raised providers' concerns that the concentration of health plan markets can depress their prices.
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
High copayments for medical services can cause patients to underuse essential therapies.
January 1, 2001 | Program Result Report
In 1997, the Washington Health Care Authority (HCA) - the state agency responsible for administering the benefit program for nearly 300,000 Washington public employees, retirees and dependents, and the largest health care purchaser in the state - implemented a health-status-based risk-adjusted payment system.
August 1, 2008 | Journal Article
In examining health care utilization, consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs) appeared to exert most of their influence in the first year with CDHP enrollees making fewer office visits than did PPO (preferred provider organization) enrollees.
September 21, 2005 | Evaluation
Economic and political changes have significant influence on grantee activity planning and implementation.
July 30, 2012 | Program Result Report
Researchers at the Urban Institute evaluated the impact of state health reforms in on insurance coverage and access to and use of health care in Massachusetts, New York, and Illinois, under State Health Access Reform Evaluation, an RWJF national program.
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
High-deductible health plans—typically with deductibles of at least $1,000 per individual and $2,000 per family—require greater enrollee cost sharing than traditional plans.