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January 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
New report explores how individual and small group benefits are currently structured and examines the policy implications for health reform.
December 1, 2003 | Issue Brief
How Much is Too Much?
May 6, 2013 | Journal Article
The primary policy issue facing the U.S. health care system is the rate of spending growth in public programs, and solving that problem will probably require reforms to the entire health care sector.
February 24, 2012 | Issue Brief
This paper discusses Medicare’s current cost-sharing requirements, Medigap insurance, and proposals to modify Medicare’s cost-sharing and eliminate first-dollar coverage in Medigap plans. It reviews the evidence on the effects of first-dollar covera ...
August 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The growth in the use of advanced imaging for Medicare beneficiaries decelerated in 2006 and 2007, ending a decade of growth that had exceeded 6 percent annually. The slowdown raises three questions. Did the slowdown in growth of imaging under Medic ...
September 8, 2011 | Journal Article
All health care spending from public and private sources, such as governments and businesses, is ultimately paid by individuals and families.
May 6, 2013 | Journal Article
This study examines two factors that might account for slower health spending: job loss and benefit changes that shifted more costs to insured people.
December 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
The Urban Institute looks at how various health reform bills make the trade-off between government costs and affordability for low- and middle-income families.
October 11, 2011 | Video
This short infographic video explains what cost sharing is and how it changes under health reform.
October 11, 2011 | Video
This series of short infographic videos explains concepts of health reform.