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
Insurance Product Design and Its EffectsPeter Kemper, Ha T. Tu, James D. Reschovsky, Elizabeth Schaefer	Summer 2002	Journal Article Inquiry
Small Firms' Demand for Health Insurance: The Decision to Offer InsuranceJack Hadley, James D. Reschovsky	Summer 2002	Journal Article Inquiry
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
Tax Credits and the Affordability of Individual Health InsuranceJack Hadley, James D. Reschovsky	July 2002	Issue Brief No. 53
Looking Behind the Numbers: What's Driving Health Care Costs	June 18, 2002	Testimony
Declining Employer-Sponsored CoveragePeter J. Cunningham	March 2002	Journal Article Medical Care Research and Review
Options for Expanding Health Insurance for People with Chronic ConditionsHa T. Tu, Marie C. Reed	February 2002	Issue Brief No. 50
Triple Jeopardy: Low Income, Chronically Ill and Uninsured in AmericaMarie C. Reed, Ha T. Tu	February 2002	Issue Brief No. 49
Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance:Sally Trude, Jon B. Christianson, Cara S. Lesser, Carolyn A. Watts, Andrea Staiti	January/February 2002	Health Affairs
Premium Subsidies for Employer-Sponsored Health CoverageLeslie Jackson Conwell, Ashley C. Short	December 2001	Issue Brief No. 47
Employer Health Insurance Premium Subsidies Unlikely to Enhance Coverage SignificantlyJames D. Reschovsky, Jack Hadley	December 2001	Issue Brief No. 46
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
The Health Status of Workers Who Decline Employer-Sponsored Insurance:Linda J. Blumberg, Len M. Nichols	November 2001	Health Affairs
Tracking Health Care Costs:Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg, Jon R. Gabel	September 2001	Data Bulletin No. 21 - Revised
Communities Play Key Role in Extending Public Health Insurance to ChildrenLaurie E. Felland, Andrea Staiti	October 2001	Issue Brief No. 44
Worker Decisions to Purchase Health InsuranceLinda J. Blumberg, Len M. Nichols, Jessica S. Banthin	September 2001	Journal Article International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics
Hospital Spending Drives Largest Health Care Cost Increase in a Decade	September 26, 2001
Tracking Health Care CostsBradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg, Jon R. Gabel	September 26th 2001	Health Affairs
Tracking Health Care Costs	September 2001
Stand-Alone Health Insurance Tax Credits Aren't EnoughLeslie A. Jackson, Sally Trude	July 2001	Issue Brief No. 41