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High-deductible plans linked to fewer preventive services
High-deductible health plans are significantly decreasing healthcare spending, but they are also linked to patients cutting back on preventive healthcare services--such as childhood immunizations,
Health spending, preventive care drop with high-deductible plans
High-deductible health plans are significantly decreasing healthcare spending, but they are also linked to patients cutting back on preventive healthcare services--such as childhood immunizations,
Consumer-driven, high-deductible plans grow
Although participation in consumer-driven and high-deductible health plans remains low, it continues to grow, reaching 22 million customers this year, according to a new report by the Employee
Prescription sticker shock making some patients sicker
Patients aren't just more selective lately about whether to seek healthcare in the first place; they're also thinking twice about filling their costly prescriptions when they do, reports the Wall
Physicians, patients grappling with financial woes
Physicians are surely feeling the pain of patients' inability to pay their medical bills. Take Dr. Dan Buerger, a surgeon at Pittsburgh Oculoplastic Associates Ltd. Thanks to a struggling economy and
CBO: Middle-income consumers are costly under House reform bill
After all of this time and effort, the following can't be very reassuring to House Democrats championing their own brand of healthcare reform. A new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office this
Mandated coverage: A smart idea?
Following the high-profile lead of Massachusetts, states like California are considering legislation requiring that citizens have health coverage. And in theory, that's good for providers, who
Mass. hospitals want insurers to collect high deductibles
Sure, virtually everyone in Massachusetts should end up with health insurance under the state's new health reforms. But for many patients, those
Study: High-deductible plans cut ED visits
A new study performed by Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care suggests that consumers with high-deductible health plans visit hospital emergency departments less often than patients with traditional health plan designs. The study, which compared 60,000 members of a traditional Massachusetts plan with 8,700 members of a high-deductible plan, found that there was only a slight difference between the groups for first-time emergency room visits. Members of the …
Pediatrics group comes out against CDHPs
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) has officially come out against high-deductible health plans. In their policy statement, published this week in the journal Pediatrics , the group contended high-deductible consumer-driven health plans are often bad for children. Given the financial burden filling the health savings account, low- and moderate-income families and families whose children have special medical needs may very well delay or even avoid seeking needed care, the AAP …
