A paper at the National Bureau of Economic Research examines what might maximize the impact of health behavior incentives.
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A blog post at Health Affairs suggests that drug manufacturers don't need US prices to support R & D.
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In an interesting test of applying behavioral economics to health care, "nudging" consumers with information on insurance savings led to more shopping but not more switching on the Colorado health insurance exchange, according to research in Health Affairs.
http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/36/2/311.abstractA paper from the Commonwealth Fund examines use of cost estimators on insurance exchanges.
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An organization called the State Health Access Data Assistance Center analyzes MEPS results to estimate trends in employer-sponsored health coverage.
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America's Health Insurance Plans sponsors a piece by actuarial firm Oliver Wyman regarding the proposed 2018 Medicare Advantage rates.
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The Healthcare Trends Institute surveys 250 benefit managers to ascertain the state of health care benefits.
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Having a low or a high deductible insurance plan is associated with a reduction in receipt of certain care by diabetes patients, but not with a change in outcomes.
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