Individual

HSC research on the individual insurance market focuses on those who purchase their own coverage, including the self-employed, early retirees and others without access to employer-sponsored coverage. Research focuses on the adequacy of this market for those living with chronic conditions or who are otherwise in poor health.

Title	Date	Document Info
Tax-free But of Little AccountPaul B. Ginsburg	Feb. 16, 2004	Commentary
How to Make Tax Credits for Health Insurance Work: The Role of Purchasing Pools	April 10, 2001	Conference Transcript
Individual Health Insurance: Fact, Opinion and Policy	October 23, 2002	Conference Transcript
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
Massachusetts Health Reform: Employers, Lower-Wage Workers and Universal CoverageLaurie E. Felland, Debra A. Draper, Allison Liebhaber	July 2007	Issue Brief No. 113
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
Tax Credits and Purchasing Pools: Will This Marriage Work?Sally Trude, Paul B. Ginsburg	April 2001	Issue Brief No. 36
Stand-Alone Health Insurance Tax Credits Aren't EnoughLeslie A. Jackson, Sally Trude	July 2001	Issue Brief No. 41
Tax Credits and the Affordability of Individual Health InsuranceJack Hadley, James D. Reschovsky	July 2002	Issue Brief No. 53
The Individual Health Insurance Market	December 2002	Issue Brief No. 58
Promoting Healthy Competition in Health Insurance Exchanges: Options and Trade-offsChapin White	November 2011	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 6
More Nonelderly Americans Face Problems Affording Prescription DrugsLaurie E. Felland, James D. Reschovsky	January 2009	Tracking Report No. 22
Financial and Health Burdens of Chronic Conditions GrowHa T. Tu, Genna R. Cohen	April 2009	Tracking Report No. 24
Medical Bill Problems Steady for U.S. Families, 2007-2010Anna Sommers, Peter J. Cunningham	December 2011	Tracking Report No. 28