1.0PNHPhttps://pnhp.orgpnhpf3ahttps://pnhp.org/author/pnhpf3a/Baicker and Chandra on cost sharing - PNHPrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://pnhp.org/news/baicker-and-chandra-on-cost-sharing/">Baicker and Chandra on cost sharing</a></blockquote>
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</script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://pnhp.org/news/baicker-and-chandra-on-cost-sharing/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Baicker and Chandra on cost sharing” — PNHP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>The Veiled Economics of Employee Cost SharingBy Katherine Baicker, PhD; Amitabh Chandra, PhDJAMA Internal Medicine, July 2015This year, once again, millions of people in the United States who get health insurance through their employers received the unwelcome news that cost sharing would increase. Can we balance the benefit of spending reductions associated with high deductibles and other cost sharing with the potential reduction in beneficial health care services that can result from patient exposure to out-of-pocket expenses as a prerequisite for health care access? Perhaps a better question is, should we?