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
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
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
Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance:Sally Trude, Jon B. Christianson, Cara S. Lesser, Carolyn A. Watts, Andrea Staiti	January/February 2002	Health Affairs
The Health Status of Workers Who Decline Employer-Sponsored Insurance:Linda J. Blumberg, Len M. Nichols	November 2001	Health Affairs
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
Tracking Health Care CostsBradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg, Jon R. Gabel	September 26th 2001	Health Affairs
Hospital Spending Drives Largest Health Care Cost Increase in a Decade	September 26, 2001
Targeting Communities With High Rates Of Uninsured ChildrenPeter J. Cunningham	July 25, 2001	Health Affairs
What Accounts for Differences in Uninsurance Rates Across Communities?Peter J. Cunningham, Paul B. Ginsburg	Spring 2001	Inquiry
Trends In Out-Of-Pocket Spending By Insured American Workers, 1990-1997Jon R. Gabel, Paul B. Ginsburg, Jeremy D. Pickreign, James D. Reschovsky	March/April 2001	Health Affairs
Do Consumers Know How Their Health Plan Works?Peter J. Cunningham, Charles Denk, Michael Sinclair	March/April 2001	Health Affairs
Tracking Health Care Costs:Christopher Hogan, Paul B. Ginsburg, Jon R. Gabel	November/December 2000	Health Affairs
Update on the Nation’s Health Care System:Cara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg	November/December 2000	Health Affairs
Withering on the Vine:Jon R. Gabel, Paul B. Ginsburg, Heidi H. Whitmore, Jeremy D. Pickreign	September/October 2000	Health Affairs
Tracking Recent Changes in Health Coverage for Low-Income Children with the Community Tracking Study, 1996-1997 and 1998-1999Peter J. Cunningham, Michael H. Park	April 2000	Research Report No. 04
Managed Care Backlash:Paul B. Ginsburg	October 1999	Journal of Health Policy, Politics and Law
Health Spending:Paul B. Ginsburg	January/February 1999	Health Affairs
Testimony Before the Senate Finance Committee	May 12, 1999