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
Individual Insurance: Health Insurers Try to Tap Potential Market GrowthElizabeth A. November, Genna R. Cohen, Paul B. Ginsburg, Brian C. Quinn	November 2009	HSC Research Brief No. 14
Wide Variation in Hospital and Physician Payment Rates Evidence of Provider Market PowerPaul B. Ginsburg	November 2010	HSC Research Brief No. 16
A Long and Winding Road: Federally Qualified Health Centers, Community Variation and Prospects Under ReformAaron Katz, Laurie E. Felland, Ian Hill, Lucy B. Stark	November 2011	HSC Research Brief No. 21
Limited Options to Manage Specialty Drug SpendingHa T. Tu, Divya R. Samuel	April 2012	HSC Research Brief No. 22
The Surge in Urgent Care Centers: Emergency Department Alternative or Costly Convenience?Tracy Yee, Amanda E. Lechner, Ellyn R. Boukus	July 2013	HSC Research Brief No. 26
High and Varying Prices for Privately Insured Patients Underscore Hospital Market PowerChapin White, Amelia M. Bond, James D. Reschovsky	September 2013	HSC Research Brief No. 27
If the Price is Right, Most Uninsured—Even Young Invincibles—Likely to Consider New Health Insurance MarketplacesPeter J. Cunningham, Amelia M. Bond	September 2013	HSC Research Brief No. 28
Despite Rapid Growth, Retail Clinic Use Remains ModestHa T. Tu, Ellyn R. Boukus	November 2013	HSC Research Brief No. 29
The Potential of Reference Pricing to Generate Health Care Savings: Lessons from a California PioneerAmanda E. Lechner, Rebecca Gourevitch, Paul B. Ginsburg	December 2013	HSC Research Brief No. 30
Medicaid Eligibility Policy and the Crowding-Out Effect:	October 1996	Issue Brief No. 03
Policy Implications of Risk Selection in Medicare HMOs:Heidi H. Whitmore	November 1996	Issue Brief No. 04
A Primer on Understanding Health Care Cost Trends:	December 1996	Issue Brief No. 05
Tracking Health Care Costs:	January 1997	Issue Brief No. 06
Patients, Profits and Health System Change:	May 1997	Issue Brief No. 09
Health Care Costs:	June 1997	Issue Brief No. 10
Behind the Slow Growth of Employer-Based Consumer-Driven Health PlansJon R. Gabel, Jeremy D. Pickreign, Heidi H. Whitmore	December 2006	Issue Brief No. 107
Massachusetts Health Reform: Employers, Lower-Wage Workers and Universal CoverageLaurie E. Felland, Debra A. Draper, Allison Liebhaber	July 2007	Issue Brief No. 113
Next Steps in Incremental Health Insurance Expansions:Peter J. Cunningham	April 1998	Issue Brief No. 12
Massachusetts Health Reform: High Costs and Expanding Expectations May Weaken Employer SupportDebra A. Draper, Laurie E. Felland, Allison Liebhaber, Johanna Lauer	October 2008	Issue Brief No. 124
Rising Rates of Chronic Health Conditions: What Can Be Done?Alwyn Cassil	November 2008	Issue Brief No. 125