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January 18, 2012 | Journal Article
When families are insured by high-deductible health plans (HDHP), they are more likely than families with traditional plans to put off care, or skip it altogether.This pattern was three to times greater in high-deductible plan families than in those with traditional plans, according to this first-of-its-kind, Massachusetts-based study.
February 1, 2011 | Journal Article
High-deductible health plans—typically with deductibles of at least $1,000 per individual and $2,000 per family—require greater enrollee cost sharing than traditional plans.
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines the effects of a prior authorization policy put into effect by Maine Medicaid to control the cost of psychotropic medications. Little is known about whether such prior authorizations have unintended consequences on treatment for mental illness.
November 1, 2006 | Journal Article
A dramatic increase in childhood overweight over the past 30 years is evident even among the youngest infants and children. Multiple studies have shown a correlation between television (TV) viewing and childhood overweight but study subjects have no ...