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January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Medicare Part-D added a new group of privatized prescription drug plans (PDPs) to the traditional plans offered under the Medicare Advantage program. This study examined how prices in the PDP market affect consumer (i.e.,beneficiary) behavior in choosing PDPs.
September 1, 2006 | Journal Article
The United States appears to be in a new medical malpractice “crisis” after years of relative stability. Physicians, attorneys, policy-makers and other interested parties are debating what to do about recent substantial rises in malpractice premiums ...
July 30, 2012 | Program Result
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.
September 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
An Update on Insurance Coverage and Support for Reform as of Fall 2008
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.
May 28, 2009 | Issue Brief
Geographic and Racial/Ethnic Differences
June 1, 2010 | Journal Article
The challenges faced by Massachusetts as it attempts to sustain health reform in these difficult times provide important lessons for implementing reform in the rest of the country.
June 1, 2010 | Journal Article
Massachusetts' 2006 health reform cut the uninsurance rate for children approximately in half in the first two years following implementation.
October 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study provides an update on employers' responses under Massachusetts health reform in fall 2008, using data from surveys of working-age adults.
May 28, 2009 | Journal Article
Access, affordability, and coverage have improved since 2006, but rising health costs have eroded some gains in affordability of care.