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
Patients, Profits and Health System Change:	May 1997	Issue Brief No. 09
Paying More for Primary Care: Can It Help Bend the Medicare Cost Curve?James D. Reschovsky, Arkadipta Ghosh, Kate A. Stewart, Deborah Chollet	March 2012	Commonwealth Fund Issue Brief
Physician Acceptance of New Medicare Patients Stabilizes in 2004-05Peter J. Cunningham, Andrea Staiti, Paul B. Ginsburg	January 2006	Tracking Report No. 12
Physician Reimbursement and Participation in MedicaidPeter J. Cunningham	Sept. 23, 2010	Testimony
Physician Visits After Hospital Discharge: Implications for Reducing ReadmissionsAnna Sommers, Peter J. Cunningham, Deborah Alvarez	December 2011	NIHCR Research Brief No. 6
Physician Willingness and Resources to Serve More Medicaid Patients: Perspectives from Primary Care PhysiciansAnna Sommers, Julia Paradise, Carolyn Miller	April 27, 2011	Kaiser Family Foundation Reports
Policy Implications of Risk Selection in Medicare HMOs:Heidi H. Whitmore	November 1996	Issue Brief No. 04
Popular Medicaid Programs do Battle with State Budget Pressures: Perspectives from Twelve StatesJohn F. Hoadley, Peter J. Cunningham, Megan McHugh	March/April 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Preferred Provider Organizations and Medicare: Is There an Advantage?Robert E. Hurley, Bradley C. Strunk, Joy M. Grossman	April 2004	Issue Brief No. 81
Premium Subsidies for Employer-Sponsored Health CoverageLeslie Jackson Conwell, Ashley C. Short	December 2001	Issue Brief No. 47
Prescription Drug Spending for Medicare+Choice Beneficiaries in the Last Year of LifeCheryl Fahlman, Joanne Lynn, Danielle Doberman, Jon R. Gabel, Mike Finch	August 2006	Journal Article Journal of Palliative Medicine
Price and Quality Transparency of Medical Services	April 2, 2009	Congressional Testimony
Promoting Healthy Competition in Health Insurance Exchanges: Options and Trade-offsChapin White	November 2011	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 6
Public Coverage Provides Vital Safety Net for Children with Special Health Care NeedsHa T. Tu, Peter J. Cunningham	September 2005	Issue Brief No. 98
Public Employees' Health Benefits Survive Major Threats, So FarRobert E. Hurley, Laurie E. Felland, Anneliese M. Gerland, Jeremy D. Pickreign	April 18, 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Public Health Departments Adapt to Medicaid Managed CareRose Marie Martinez, Elizabeth Closter	November 1998	Issue Brief No. 16
Putting the Union Label on Health Benefits: Collective Bargaining and Cost-Saving StrategiesAmanda E. Lechner, Kevin Draper	May 2014	NIHCR Research Brief No. 15
Recent Trends in Children's Health InsurancePeter J. Cunningham, Michael H. Park	April 2000	Issue Brief No. 29
Reforming Provider Payment—The Price Side of the EquationPaul B. Ginsburg	Oct. 6, 2011	Journal Article New England Journal of Medicine
Rising Hospital Employment of Physicians: Better Quality, Higher Costs?Ann S. O'Malley, Amelia M. Bond, Robert A. Berenson	August 2011	Issue Brief No. 136