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
Ensuring Health Security: Is the Individual Market Ready for Prime Time?Karen Pollitz, Richard Sorian	Oct. 23, 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs,
Expanding Care Versus Expanding Coverage: How to Improve Access to CarePeter J. Cunningham, Jack Hadley	July/August 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Follow the Money: Factors Associated with the Cost of Treating High-Cost Medicare BeneficiariesJames D. Reschovsky, Jack Hadley, Cynthia B. Saiontz-Martinez, Ellyn R. Boukus	Feb. 11, 2011	Journal Article Health Services Research
Generosity and Adjusted Premiums in Job-Based Insurance: Hawaii is Up, Wyoming is DownJon R. Gabel, Roland McDevitt, Laura Gandolfo, Jeremy D. Pickreign, Samantha Hawkins, Cheryl Fahlman	May/June 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Health and the Cost of Nongroup InsuranceJack Hadley, James D. Reschovsky	Fall 2003	Journal Article Inquiry
Health Benefits in 2005: Premium Increases Slow Down, Coverage Continues to ErodeJon R. Gabel, Gary Claxton, Isadora Gil, Jeremy D. Pickreign, Heidi H. Whitmore, Benjamin Finder, Samantha Hawkins, Diane Rowland	September/October 2005	Journal Article Health Affairs
Health Benefits In 2006: Premium Increases Moderate, Enrollment In Consumer-Directed Health Plans Remains ModestGary Claxton, Jon R. Gabel, Isadora Gil, Jeremy D. Pickreign, Heidi H. Whitmore, Benjamin Finder, Samantha Hawkins	Sept. 26, 2006	Journal Article Health Affairs
Health Care's Role in Deficit Reduction—Guiding PrinciplesPaul B. Ginsburg, Chapin White	Oct. 27, 2011	Journal Article New England Journal of Medicine
Health Insurance Expansions for Working FamiliesDanielle H. Ferry, Bowen Garrett, Sherry Gilied, Emily K. Greenman, Len M. Nichols	July/August 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Health Spending:Paul B. Ginsburg	January/February 1999	Health Affairs
Health System Change in 1997Paul B. Ginsburg	July/August 1998	Health Affairs
Health System Change:Paul B. Ginsburg, Joy M. Grossman	Winter 1995	Health Affairs
High Physician Concern About Malpractice Risk Predicts More Aggressive Diagnostic Testing In Office-Based PracticeEmily Carrier, James D. Reschovsky, David Katz, Michelle M. Mello	August 2013	Journal Article Health Affairs
High Prices, Low Transparency: The Bitter Pill of Health Care CostsPaul B. Ginsburg	June 18, 2013	Senate Testimony
Hospital Spending Drives Largest Health Care Cost Increase in a Decade	September 26, 2001
How Consumers Shop for Health Care When They Pay Out of Pocket: Evidence from the LASIK Self-Pay Market	July 18, 2006	Congressional Testimony
How Do Hospitals Cope with Sustained Slow Growth in Medicare Prices?Chapin White, Vivian Yalin Wu	Oct. 1, 2013	Journal Article Health Services Research
How Does Health Coverage and Access to Care for Immigrants Vary by Length of Time in the U.S.?Peter J. Cunningham, Samantha Artiga	June 9, 2009	Kaiser Family Foundation Report
Improving Access to Specialty Care for Medicaid Patients: Policy Issues and OptionsLaurie E. Felland, Amanda E. Lechner, Anna Sommers	June 2013	Commonwealth Fund Report
Insurance Product Design and Its EffectsPeter Kemper, Ha T. Tu, James D. Reschovsky, Elizabeth Schaefer	Summer 2002	Journal Article Inquiry