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Consumer-directed plans offer short-term benefits
Consumer-directed health plans have the potential to cut costs in the short term, but they may lead to poorer health and higher costs in the long term, according to a study published Monday in the
Survey: Employers won't drop health coverage
Despite all the doom-and-gloom warnings that employers would drop health insurance coverage in response to the health reform law, a new survey shows that most employers still offer health plans. The
Employer-sponsored insurance on downward trend
Employer-sponsored insurance continues its declining trend during the last few years, as fewer than half of Americans received their health insurance from an employer in 2011. A Gallup survey
Mass. reform increased insured, didn't cut costs
Health reform in Massachusetts has increased the number of people with health insurance coverage significantly, but it hasn't helped stem rising healthcare costs. Because the Massachusetts reform
Enrollment up for individual, public plans in 2010
Enrollment in group health plans decreased last year while individual policies rose, according to the latest national health expenditure account from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Dropping health coverage doesn't make sense for employers
They question of whether employers will continue to provide health insurance to their employees after the reform law is fully implemented rages on with the release of a new study on the matter. The
Survey: Most employers not dropping health plans in 2014
A new survey is the latest attempt by industry analysts to determine whether companies will continue to offer employer-sponsored health plans after insurance exchanges begin operating in 2014.
HHS shrinks consumer right to appeal coverage denial
New rules issued by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) downgrade consumers' rights to appeal insurers' denials of coverage, providing them less time to prepare appeals, less
