Employers/Consumers

HSC research tracks employers' response to rising premiums, including changes to benefit design and patient cost sharing. Emerging trends, such as consumer-driven health plans and high-performance networks are identified. HSC also studies employers' role in improving quality of health care within local markets.

Title	Date	Document Info
Wall Street Comes to Washington:	December 1998	Issue Brief No. 17
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
Provider Network Instability: Implications for Choice, Costs and Continuity of CareAshley C. Short, Glen P. Mays, Timothy K. Lake	June 2001	Issue Brief No. 39
Health Plan-Provider Showdowns on the RiseBradley C. Strunk, Kelly Devers, Robert E. Hurley	June 2001	Issue Brief No. 40
Wall Street Comes to Washington:	September 2001	Issue Brief No. 43
Wall Street Comes to Washington	July 2002	Issue Brief No. 54
Cutting Back But Not Cutting OutAshley C. Short, Cara S. Lesser	October 2002	Issue Brief No. 56
Seeking Health Care Information: Most Consumers Still on the SidelinesHa T. Tu, J. Lee Hargraves	March 2003	Issue Brief No. 61
Health Care Cost and Access Problems IntensifyCara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg	May 2003	Issue Brief No. 63
Wall Street Comes to Washington	August 2003	Issue Brief No. 67
Tiered-Provider Networks: Patients Face Cost-Choice Trade-OffsGlen P. Mays, Gary Claxton, Bradley C. Strunk	November 2003	Issue Brief No. 71
Managed Care Redux: Health Plans Shift Responsibilities to ConsumersDebra A. Draper, Gary Claxton	March 2004	Issue Brief No. 79
Employers Shift Rising Health Care Costs to Workers: No Long-term Solution in SightLydia E. Regopoulos, Sally Trude	May 2004	Issue Brief No. 83
Rhetoric vs. Reality: Employer Views on Consumer-Driven Health CareSally Trude, Leslie Jackson Conwell	July 2004	Issue Brief No. 86
Wall Street Comes to Washington	August 2004	Issue Brief No. 87
Initial Findings from HSC's 2005 Site Visits: Stage Set for Growing Health Care Cost and Access ProblemsCara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg, Laurie E. Felland	August 2005	Issue Brief No. 97