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
Consumer Price Shopping in Health Care	March 15, 2006	Congressional Testimony
Health Benefits in 2005: Premium Increases Slow Down, Coverage Continues to ErodeJon R. Gabel, Gary Claxton, Isadora Gil, Jeremy D. Pickreign, Heidi H. Whitmore, Benjamin Finder, Samantha Hawkins, Diane Rowland	September/October 2005	Journal Article Health Affairs
What High-Deductible Plans Look Like: Findings from a National Survey of Employers, 2005Gary Claxton, Jon R. Gabel, Isadora Gil, Jeremy D. Pickreign, Heidi H. Whitmore, Benjamin Finder, Shada Rouhani, Samantha Hawkins, Diane Rowland	Sept. 14, 2005	Journal Article Health Affairs
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
As the Health Insurance Underwriting Cycle Turns: What Next?Joy M. Grossman, Paul B. Ginsburg	November/December 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
Children's Health Coverage: A Quarter-Century of ChangePeter J. Cunningham, James Kirby	September/October 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
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 9, 2004	Journal Article Health Affairs
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
Health and the Cost of Nongroup InsuranceJack Hadley, James D. Reschovsky	Fall 2003	Journal Article Inquiry
SCHIP Making Progress: Increased Take-up Contributes to Coverage GainsPeter J. Cunningham	July/August 2003	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
The Effects of SCHIP on Children's Health Insurance CoveragePeter J. Cunningham, Jack Hadley, James D. Reschovsky	December 2002	Journal Article Medical Care Research and Review
Ensuring Health Security: Is the Individual Market Ready for Prime Time?Karen Pollitz, Richard Sorian	Oct. 23, 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs,
The Nongroup Health Insurance Market: Short on Facts, Long on Opinions and Policy DisputesMark V. Pauly, Len M. Nichols	Oct. 23, 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs,
Tracking Health Care Costs: Growth Accelerates Again in 2001Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg, Jon R. Gabel	Sept. 25, 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Small Firms' Demand for Health Insurance: The Decision to Offer InsuranceJack Hadley, James D. Reschovsky	Summer 2002	Journal Article Inquiry