Insurance Coverage & Costs

HSC analyses focus on private and public insurance coverage, the uninsured and the cost of health care. HSC research provides insight into a range of topics, including how health care costs are changing, why the nation's number of uninsured continues to rise and how employer-sponsored coverage is changing.

Title	Date	Document Info
Public Health Departments Adapt to Medicaid Managed CareRose Marie Martinez, Elizabeth Closter	November 1998	Issue Brief No. 16
Wall Street Comes to Washington:	December 1998	Issue Brief No. 17
Wall Street Comes to Washington:	September 1999	Issue Brief No. 21
Who Declines Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance and Is Uninsured?Peter J. Cunningham, Elizabeth Schaefer, Christopher Hogan	October 1999	Issue Brief No. 22
Tracking Health Care Costs:Paul B. Ginsburg	November 1999	Issue Brief No. 23
Local Innovations Provide Managed Care for the UninsuredLaurie E. Felland, Cara S. Lesser	January 2000	Issue Brief No. 25
Who Has a Choice of Health Plans?Sally Trude	February 2000	Issue Brief No. 27
Recent Trends in Children's Health InsurancePeter J. Cunningham, Michael H. Park	April 2000	Issue Brief No. 29
Wall Street Comes to Washington:	September 2000	Issue Brief No. 31
Are Defined Contributions a New Direction for Employer-Sponsored Coverage?Sally Trude, Paul B. Ginsburg	October 2000	Issue Brief No. 32
Back To The Future? New Cost and Access Challenges EmergeCara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg	February 2001	Issue Brief No. 35
Tax Credits and Purchasing Pools: Will This Marriage Work?Sally Trude, Paul B. Ginsburg	April 2001	Issue Brief No. 36
Defined Contributions: The Search for a New VisionSally Trude	April 2001	Issue Brief No. 37
Stand-Alone Health Insurance Tax Credits Aren't EnoughLeslie A. Jackson, Sally Trude	July 2001	Issue Brief No. 41
Communities Play Key Role in Extending Public Health Insurance to ChildrenLaurie E. Felland, Andrea Staiti	October 2001	Issue Brief No. 44
Consumers Face Higher Costs As Health Plans Seek to Control Drug SpendingGlen P. Mays, Robert E. Hurley, Joy M. Grossman	November 2001	Issue Brief No. 45
Employer Health Insurance Premium Subsidies Unlikely to Enhance Coverage SignificantlyJames D. Reschovsky, Jack Hadley	December 2001	Issue Brief No. 46
Premium Subsidies for Employer-Sponsored Health CoverageLeslie Jackson Conwell, Ashley C. Short	December 2001	Issue Brief No. 47
Triple Jeopardy: Low Income, Chronically Ill and Uninsured in AmericaMarie C. Reed, Ha T. Tu	February 2002	Issue Brief No. 49
Options for Expanding Health Insurance for People with Chronic ConditionsHa T. Tu, Marie C. Reed	February 2002	Issue Brief No. 50