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
Tracking Health Care Costs: Spending Growth Stabilizes at High Rate in 2004Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg, John P. Cookson	June 2005	Data Bulletin No. 29
Tracking Health Care Costs: Declining Growth Trend Pauses in 2004Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg, John P. Cookson	June 21, 2005	Journal Article Health Affairs
Medicare Seniors Much Less Willing to Limit Physician-Hospital Choice for Lower CostsHa T. Tu	June 2005	Issue Brief No. 96
More Americans Willing to Limit Physician-Hospital Choice for Lower Medical CostsHa T. Tu	March 2005	Issue Brief No. 94
High Cost of Medical Care Prompts Consumers to Seek AlternativesHa T. Tu, J. Lee Hargraves	December 2004	Data Bulletin No. 28
Tracking Health Care Costs: Spending Growth Slowdown Stalls in First Half of 2004Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg	December 2004	Issue Brief No. 91
As the Health Insurance Underwriting Cycle Turns: What Next?Joy M. Grossman, Paul B. Ginsburg	November/December 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Trends in Health Insurance Coverage and Access Among Black, Latino and White Americans, 2001-2003J. Lee Hargraves	October 2004	Tracking Report No. 11
Controlling Health Care CostsPaul B. Ginsburg	Oct. 14, 2004	Commentary
Children's Health Coverage: A Quarter-Century of ChangePeter J. Cunningham, James Kirby	September/October 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Trends in U.S. Health Insurance Coverage, 2001-2003Bradley C. Strunk, James D. Reschovsky	August 2004	Tracking Report No. 9
Expanding Care Versus Expanding Coverage: How to Improve Access to CarePeter J. Cunningham, Jack Hadley	July/August 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Tracking Health Care Costs: Trends Turn Downward in 2003Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg	June 2004	Data Bulletin No. 27
Tracking Health Care Costs: Trends Turn Downward in 2003Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg	June 9, 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Preferred Provider Organizations and Medicare: Is There an Advantage?Robert E. Hurley, Bradley C. Strunk, Joy M. Grossman	April 2004	Issue Brief No. 81
Medicaid Managed Care: The Last Bastion of the HMO?Debra A. Draper, Robert E. Hurley, Ashley C. Short	March/April 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Popular Medicaid Programs do Battle with State Budget Pressures: Perspectives from Twelve StatesJohn F. Hoadley, Peter J. Cunningham, Megan McHugh	March/April 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Myths About The Uninsured	March 9, 2004	Congressional Testimony
The Effect of Tax Credits for Nongroup Insurance on Health Spending by the UninsuredJames D. Reschovsky, Jack Hadley	Feb. 25, 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs