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
Tax-free But of Little AccountPaul B. Ginsburg	Feb. 16, 2004	Commentary
Tracking Health Care Costs: Trends Slow in First Half of 2003Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg	December 2003	Data Bulletin No. 26
Patient Cost Sharing: Promises and Pitfalls	Dec. 3, 2003	Conference Transcript
Patient Cost Sharing: How Much is Too Much?Sally Trude	December 2003	Issue Brief No. 72
Health and the Cost of Nongroup InsuranceJack Hadley, James D. Reschovsky	Fall 2003	Journal Article Inquiry
The Health Care Cost-Coverage ConundrumPaul B. Ginsburg, Len M. Nichols	Fall 2003	Annual Essay 2002-03
SCHIP Making Progress: Increased Take-up Contributes to Coverage GainsPeter J. Cunningham	July/August 2003	Journal Article Health Affairs
Tracking Health Care Costs	June 2003	Data Bulletin No. 25
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
SCHIP, Medicaid Expansions Lead to Shifts in Children's CoveragePeter J. Cunningham, James D. Reschovsky, Jack Hadley	December 2002	Issue Brief No. 59
The Individual Health Insurance Market	December 2002	Issue Brief No. 58
Individual Health Insurance: Fact, Opinion and Policy	October 23, 2002	Conference Transcript
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,
Aging Plays Limited Role in Health Care Cost TrendsBradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg	September 2002	Data Bulletin No. 23
Tracking Health Care Costs: Growth Accelerates Again in 2001Bradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg, Jon R. Gabel	Sept. 25, 2002	Journal Article Health Affairs
Tracking Health Care CostsBradley C. Strunk, Paul B. Ginsburg, Jon R. Gabel	September 2002	Data Bulletin No. 22
Tracking Health Care Costs	September 2002	Data Bulletin No. 22
Working Families' Health Insurance Coverage, 1997-2001Bradley C. Strunk, James D. Reschovsky	August 2002	Tracking Report No. 4