Universal Health Care Revisited
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- Number of employer-insured falls during 19-year period. // Healthcare Purchasing News;Sep2001, Vol. 25 Issue 9, p14
Reports on the drop of private-sector employees in the U.S. receiving health insurance from 1979 to 1998 according to the Commonwealth Fund.
- Gripped in a vice, employers hold contributions to coverage steady. Lee, Karen // Employee Benefit News;Nov2000, Vol. 14 Issue 13, p11
Reports on the increase in employee health coverage plans in the United States (U.S.), according to a study by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation and the Alliance for Health Reform. Percentage of people in the U.S. who have coverage through an employer-based plan; Reason for the increase.
- Insurance Benefit Preferences of the Low-income Uninsured. Danis, Marion; Biddle, Andrea K.; Goold, Susan Dorr // JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine;Feb2002, Vol. 17 Issue 2, p125
Assesses the insurance benefit preferences of low-income uninsured in the U.S. Feasibility of benefit package within health care cost constraints; Factors influencing the insurance choices; Differences in benefit design from managed care contracts.
- Poll Says More Than 80 Percent of Voters Want MSAs. Hadley, Mark // Business Journal (Central New York);08/11/2000, Vol. 14 Issue 32, p2B
Presents study results on Medical Savings Accounts (MSA), a trust or custodial accounts with financial institutions used to save money for medical expenses, in the United States. Source of fund for the MSA; Desire of the majority of respondents to let employers have continued option of offering...
- Health-Care Costs Won't Be Decreasing Any Time Soon. Thompson, William // Business Journal (Central New York);11/8/2002, Vol. 16 Issue 45, p4B
Comments on the continued increase in the health care costs for employees in the U.S. Four major components of an employer's rate increase; Increase in the utilization of health-care services; Combined effect of changes in utilization, cost per service and the intensity/mix of services.
- U.S. report tracks interruption in coverage. // AHA News;07/01/96, Vol. 32 Issue 26, p5
Presents the findings of a survey on health insurance coverage in the United States, conducted by the Census Bureau. Estimated number of uninsured individuals; Characterization of insured and uninsured people.
- Bill Review can lower medical costs. Boilla, Craig L. // Business Insurance;02/12/2001, Vol. 35 Issue 7, p11
Focuses on the probability of lowering medical cost upon the introduction of medical bill review in the United States. Decrease in number of health insurance companies in markets; Process for medical bill review; Development of a statistical systems by medical review companies.
- Defining a new health plan design. Wojcik, Joanne // Business Insurance;12/10/2001, Vol. 35 Issue 50, p10
Reports the increase health care costs in the United States. Demand of the defined contribution health plan approach; Apprehensions against the concept of defined-contribution plan by benefit consultants; Variations of defined-contribution health plans.
- High court narrows right to recovery. Lenckus, Dave // Business Insurance;2/11/2002, Vol. 36 Issue 6, p3
Reports the restriction of health plan's recovery rights against plan participants obtaining third-party damages for medical cost coverage in the United States. Impact of the restriction on health care providers; Assignment of claim-handling rights under the reimbursement provision of insurers;...
