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June 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Various factors, including the mechanism for setting prices, contribute to distortions and inefficiencies in health insurance markets. This paper reviews analyses of how moral hazard compensates for inefficiencies and increases economic benefits of insurance markets.
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.
May 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Proposals to move toward reducing geographic differentials in health care spending have focused on patterns of spending in Medicare.
March 30, 2009 | Chart
Map shows that, over the last 15 years, nearly every state has seen increased numbers of uninsured residents, greater costs for workers while their incomes are flat, and significant erosion of private coverage.
March 1, 2009 | Chart
A state-by-state analysis released in conjunction with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Cover the Uninsured Week 2009.
April 1, 2012 | Journal Article
The emphasis that hospitals place on cutting-edge technology and niche specialty services to attract physicians and patients has set the stage for health care's most recent competitive trend: an increased level of targeted, geographic service expansion to "capture" well-insured patients.
October 1, 2008 | Journal Article
An examination of two decades of data reveals that health insurance rates for Hispanics have decreased over the past 20 years while rates for non-Hispanics have held roughly steady.
November 4, 2009 | News Release
Most insurer growth strategies at odds with proposals to reform individual market.
February 1, 2005 | Journal Article
Gatekeeping arrangements, whereby health maintenance organizations mandate that primary care providers approve referrals to specialists, were the focus of the current investigation. Data from the 1996 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) of the A ...
September 1, 2000 | Journal Article
Higher Market Penetration by Managed Care Leads to Lower Employer Health Plan Costs.