Medical Cost Trend: Behind the Numbers 2013PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers)Health Research Institute, May 2012Healthcare spending growth in the United States has slowed considerably over the past three
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PwC predicts medical cost increases
This annual PwC projection of medical cost trends with employer-sponsored health programs seems to celebrate the slowing of cost trends at the 7.5 percent level
Tradeoff between risk protection and moral hazard
Estimating the Tradeoff Between Risk Protection and Moral Hazard with a Nonlinear Budget Set Model of Health InsuranceBy Amanda E. KowalskiThe National Bureau of Economic
Tradeoff between risk protection and moral hazard
The mainstream policy community likely will take from this study the fact that it supports the prevailing notion that losses from insured patients using more
Bankruptcy as implicit health insurance
Bankruptcy as Implicit Health InsuranceBy Neale MahoneyThe National Bureau of Economic Research, May 2012AbstractAt the risk of oversimplification, this paper demonstrates that personal bankruptcy can
Bankruptcy as implicit health insurance
At the risk of oversimplification, this paper demonstrates that personal bankruptcy can serve as a form of health insurance in individuals who are otherwise uninsured
Half of individual plans fall below 60% actuarial value
More Than Half Of Individual Health Plans Offer Coverage That Falls Short Of What Can Be Sold Through Exchanges As Of 2014By Jon R. Gabel,
Half of individual plans fall below 60% actuarial value
Reports of this study likely will celebrate the fact that very low actuarial value plans which are commonplace in the individual market today - those
Amartya Sen on government austerity
The Crisis of European DemocracyBy Amartya SenThe New York Times, May 22,2012The worthy but narrow intentions of the European Union's policy makers have been inadequate
Amartya Sen on government austerity
Although Amartya Sen warns of the threat of unilateral austerity programs to the united democratic Europe, his words can also apply to the current political
GAO on the Small Employer Health Insurance Tax Credit
Small Employer Health Tax Credit: Factors Contributing to Low Use and ComplexityGAO (Government Accountability Office)May 14, 2012One of the benefits of the Affordable Care Act
GAO on the Small Employer Health Insurance Tax Credit
One of the benefits of the Affordable Care Act is the tax credits offered to small businesses to help them obtain health insurance coverage for