Medical Bill Problems Steady for U.S. Families, 2007-2010
December 1, 2011 | Survey/Poll
Problems paying medical bills affect families, the elderly, insured and uninsured.
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Expert Reflection
October 1, 2011 | Commentary
Making judgments about how much a person could pay for health insurance is difficult?even for an expert panel member.
Beyond the $1.6 Trillion Sticker Shock
July 1, 2009 | Issue Brief
Latest brief analyzes the 10-Year health reform plan.
Explaining the Increase in Family Financial Pressures from Medical Bills Between 2003 and 2007
September 9, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines whether affordability thresholds of financial strain due to medical bills change over time. The increasing cost of health care is a central issue in health policy and out-of-pocket spending for families has grown faster than incomes in the past decade.
Physician Cost Profiling
March 18, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines the accuracy of tools to identify lower-cost physicians. Many proposed health reforms rely on the identification of physicians who provide lower-cost services for a given condition. However, no rigorous evaluation has assessed whether the tools used to identify lower-cost physicians are accurate.
Bending the Cost Curve
October 12, 2009 | Commentary
This commentary identifies methods to slow the increase in health care costs in the United States. The current proposed expansion of health insurance will cost the country an estimated trillion dollars over 10 years. To make this expansion possible, increases in the cost of health care must be curbed.
Cost Shifting Does Not Reduce the Cost of Health Care
September 2, 2009 | Commentary
This commentary addresses the differences between cost shifting and cost cutting and identifies the reasons why health care in the United States is more expensive per capita than the health care of any other nation.
Health Care Cost Growth Among the Privately Insured
September 1, 2009 | Journal Article
In this study, the authors examined spending growth among the privately insured between 2001 and 2006, separating the contributions of price changes from those driven by consumption.
Mandates and the Affordability of Health Care
June 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines the "affordability" standard with regard to consumption patterns for health coverage and services. The author explores crucial differences between health care consumption and the consumption of other merit goods (i.e., food and housing).
Beneficial Moral Hazard and the Theory of the Second Best
June 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Various factors, including the mechanism for setting prices, contribute to distortions and inefficiencies in health insurance markets. This paper reviews analyses of how moral hazard compensates for inefficiencies and increases economic benefits of insurance markets.