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
Consumers Face Higher Costs As Health Plans Seek to Control Drug SpendingGlen P. Mays, Robert E. Hurley, Joy M. Grossman	November 2001	Issue Brief No. 45
Employer Health Insurance Premium Subsidies Unlikely to Enhance Coverage SignificantlyJames D. Reschovsky, Jack Hadley	December 2001	Issue Brief No. 46
Premium Subsidies for Employer-Sponsored Health CoverageLeslie Jackson Conwell, Ashley C. Short	December 2001	Issue Brief No. 47
Triple Jeopardy: Low Income, Chronically Ill and Uninsured in AmericaMarie C. Reed, Ha T. Tu	February 2002	Issue Brief No. 49
Options for Expanding Health Insurance for People with Chronic ConditionsHa T. Tu, Marie C. Reed	February 2002	Issue Brief No. 50
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
SCHIP, Medicaid Expansions Lead to Shifts in Children's CoveragePeter J. Cunningham, James D. Reschovsky, Jack Hadley	December 2002	Issue Brief No. 59
Patient Cost Sharing: How Much is Too Much?Sally Trude	December 2003	Issue Brief No. 72
Preferred Provider Organizations and Medicare: Is There an Advantage?Robert E. Hurley, Bradley C. Strunk, Joy M. Grossman	April 2004	Issue Brief No. 81
Tracking Health Care Costs: Spending Growth Slowdown Stalls in First Half of 2004Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg	December 2004	Issue Brief No. 91
More Americans Willing to Limit Physician-Hospital Choice for Lower Medical CostsHa T. Tu	March 2005	Issue Brief No. 94
Medicare Seniors Much Less Willing to Limit Physician-Hospital Choice for Lower CostsHa T. Tu	June 2005	Issue Brief No. 96
Public Coverage Provides Vital Safety Net for Children with Special Health Care NeedsHa T. Tu, Peter J. Cunningham	September 2005	Issue Brief No. 98
The Fraying Link Between Work and Health InsurancePeter J. Cunningham, Samantha Artiga, Karyn Schwartz	November 2008	Kaiser Family Foundation Report
Hospital Quality Reporting: Separating the Signal from the NoiseEmily Carrier, Dori A. Cross	April 2013	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 11
Promoting Healthy Competition in Health Insurance Exchanges: Options and Trade-offsChapin White	November 2011	NIHCR Policy Analysis No. 6
Employer-Sponsored Insurance and Health Reform: Doing the MathJean M. Abraham, Peter Graven, Roger Feldman	December 2012	NIHCR Research Brief No. 11
Inpatient Hospital Prices Drive Spending Variation for Episodes of Care for Privately Insured PatientsChapin White, James D. Reschovsky, Amelia M. Bond	February 2014	NIHCR Research Brief No. 14
Putting the Union Label on Health Benefits: Collective Bargaining and Cost-Saving StrategiesAmanda E. Lechner, Kevin Draper	May 2014	NIHCR Research Brief No. 15