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
Public Coverage Provides Vital Safety Net for Children with Special Health Care NeedsHa T. Tu, Peter J. Cunningham	September 2005	Issue Brief No. 98
Public Health Departments Adapt to Medicaid Managed CareRose Marie Martinez, Elizabeth Closter	November 1998	Issue Brief No. 16
Putting the Union Label on Health Benefits: Collective Bargaining and Cost-Saving StrategiesAmanda E. Lechner, Kevin Draper	May 2014	NIHCR Research Brief No. 15
Recent Trends in Children's Health InsurancePeter J. Cunningham, Michael H. Park	April 2000	Issue Brief No. 29
Rising Hospital Employment of Physicians: Better Quality, Higher Costs?Ann S. O'Malley, Amelia M. Bond, Robert A. Berenson	August 2011	Issue Brief No. 136
Rising Rates of Chronic Health Conditions: What Can Be Done?Alwyn Cassil	November 2008	Issue Brief No. 125
SCHIP, Medicaid Expansions Lead to Shifts in Children's CoveragePeter J. Cunningham, James D. Reschovsky, Jack Hadley	December 2002	Issue Brief No. 59
Small Employers and Self-Insured Health Benefits: Too Small to Succeed?Tracy Yee, Jon B. Christianson, Paul B. Ginsburg	July 2012	Issue Brief No. 138
Some Communities Make Progress in Reducing Children's UninsuranceMichael H. Park, Peter J. Cunningham	October 2000	Data Bulletin No. 19
Stand-Alone Health Insurance Tax Credits Aren't EnoughLeslie A. Jackson, Sally Trude	July 2001	Issue Brief No. 41
Suburban Poverty and the Health Care Safety NetLaurie E. Felland, Johanna Lauer, Peter J. Cunningham	July 2009	HSC Research Brief No. 13
Tax Credits and Purchasing Pools: Will This Marriage Work?Sally Trude, Paul B. Ginsburg	April 2001	Issue Brief No. 36
Tax Credits and the Affordability of Individual Health InsuranceJack Hadley, James D. Reschovsky	July 2002	Issue Brief No. 53
Tax-free But of Little AccountPaul B. Ginsburg	Feb. 16, 2004	Commentary
The Fraying Link Between Work and Health InsurancePeter J. Cunningham, Samantha Artiga, Karyn Schwartz	November 2008	Kaiser Family Foundation Report
The Health Care Cost-Coverage ConundrumPaul B. Ginsburg, Len M. Nichols	Fall 2003	Annual Essay 2002-03
The Individual Health Insurance Market	December 2002	Issue Brief No. 58
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
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
Tracking Health Care Costs	September 2001