Access and Affordability
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.
Price of Care
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Access to and Affordability of Care in Massachusetts as of Fall 2008
May 28, 2009 | Issue Brief
Geographic and Racial/Ethnic Differences
Aligning Forces for Quality: Videos from the National Meeting
December 27, 2011 | Video/Story
The RWJF’s signature effort to improve the quality of care in the U.S.
Analysis of HHS Proposed Rules on Reinsurance, Risk Corridors and Risk Adjustment
September 1, 2011 | Issue Brief
Provisions critical to the successful implementation of ACA.
An "Architectural Digest"
March 25, 2009 | Issue Brief/Commentary
Covering America: A Timely Reprise
Assessing the Evidence for Value-Based Insurance Design
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
High copayments for medical services can cause patients to underuse essential therapies.
Assessing the Impact of Drug Use on Hospital Costs
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study determined that prescription drugs do have a positive effect on hospital expenditures by either preventing hospitalization or resulting in cost savings once patients have been admitted.
Bending the Cost Curve
October 12, 2009 | Commentary
This commentary identifies methods to slow the increase in health care costs in the United States. The current proposed expansion of health insurance will cost the country an estimated trillion dollars over 10 years. To make this expansion possible, increases in the cost of health care must be curbed.
Bending the Curve: Effective Steps to Address Long-Term Health Care Spending Growth
August 31, 2009 | Book
A bipartisan group of scholars and policy-makers suggest ways to reduce health-care costs and improve quality of care.
Beneficial Moral Hazard and the Theory of the Second Best
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.