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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, 2011 | Toolkit
The series' third installment reveals several key lessons in developing the part of the Massachusetts' exchange serving unsubsidized, individual purchasers—known as Commonwealth Choice.
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
High copayments for medical services can cause patients to underuse essential therapies.
January 1, 2009 | Report
Study details regulations and enforcement needed to fill gaps in protecting consumers in insurance markets.
September 1, 2010 | Journal Article
An examination of the legal issues surrounding the taxation of employees? premiums for individual health insurance found that state and federal law are unclear as to ?cafeteria plans?? legality, and that implementation of health reform in 2014 will only partially resolve the confusion.
January 1, 2011 | Toolkit
What’s in this guide: Definition of group health plans Why offer a group health plan? How to choose a group health plan
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Risk appraisals might influence employees' health behavior, but they're not the entire answer. In this paper the authors explore the potential role of health risk appraisals as a tool for managing health care quality and costs in employer-sponsored insurance.
November 25, 2009 | Toolkit
This case study examines the current state of post-claims underwriting and rescissions regulation in Texas.
January 26, 2010 | Program Result Report
Working Today, through its affiliated Freelancers Union, established the for-profit Freelancers Insurance Company and began designing a health plan model for freelancers in New York state.
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.