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
A Long and Winding Road: Federally Qualified Health Centers, Community Variation and Prospects Under ReformAaron Katz, Laurie E. Felland, Ian Hill, Lucy B. Stark	November 2011	HSC Research Brief No. 21
A Primer on Understanding Health Care Cost Trends:	December 1996	Issue Brief No. 05
Access to Prescription Drugs for Medicare BeneficiariesJames D. Reschovsky, Laurie E. Felland	March 2009	Tracking Report No. 23
Achieving Health Care Cost Containment Through Provider Payment Reform that Engages Patients and ProvidersPaul B. Ginsburg	May 2013	Journal Article Health Affairs
Addressing Spending Trends in MassachusettsPaul B. Ginsburg	March 18, 2010	Testimony
Aging Plays Limited Role in Health Care Cost TrendsBradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg	September 2002	Data Bulletin No. 23
Are Defined Contributions a New Direction for Employer-Sponsored Coverage?Sally Trude, Paul B. Ginsburg	October 2000	Issue Brief No. 32
As the Health Insurance Underwriting Cycle Turns: What Next?Joy M. Grossman, Paul B. Ginsburg	November/December 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Association Health Plans and Alternative Ways to Increase Health Insurance Coverage Among Workers in Small FirmsLen M. Nichols	Feb. 5, 2003	Congressional Testimony
Back To The Future? New Cost and Access Challenges EmergeCara S. Lesser, Paul B. Ginsburg	February 2001	Issue Brief No. 35
Behind the Slow Growth of Employer-Based Consumer-Driven Health PlansJon R. Gabel, Jeremy D. Pickreign, Heidi H. Whitmore	December 2006	Issue Brief No. 107
Changes in Health Plans Serving Medicaid, 1993-1996Suzanne Felt-Lisk, Sara Yang	September/October 1997	Health Affairs
Children's Health Coverage: A Quarter-Century of ChangePeter J. Cunningham, James Kirby	September/October 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
CHIPing Away at the Problem of Uninsured ChildrenJames D. Reschovsky, Peter J. Cunningham	August 1998	Issue Brief No. 14
CHIPing Away at the Problem of Uninsured ChildrenJames D. Reschovsky, Peter J. Cunningham	October 1998	Research Report No. 02
Choosing a Health Plan:Judith Hibbard, Jacquelyn Jewett, Mark W. Legnini, Martin Tusler	November/December 1997	Health Affairs
Choosing To Be Uninsured:Peter J. Cunningham	October 1999
Communities Play Key Role in Extending Public Health Insurance to ChildrenLaurie E. Felland, Andrea Staiti	October 2001	Issue Brief No. 44
Competition, Quality of Care and the Role of the ConsumerCatherine G. McLaughlin, Paul B. Ginsburg	1998	The Milbank Quarterly
Consumer Price Shopping in Health Care	March 15, 2006	Congressional Testimony