A HealthPocket study finds that exchange premiums were substantially higher for many enrollees in 2014 than they would have been in the individual market before reform.
A report from Express Scripts provides an updated look at drug utilization by enrollees in exchange plans.
As we head into the second year of exchange enrollment, a review of the effects of the health reform law seems in order.
The latest Health Care Cost Institute report looks at utilization and cost trends for young adults aged 19-25, the group that was required to be allowed to stay on parent’s policies in the reform law.
The University of South Carolina School of Business surveys Human Resource department heads to ascertain the impact of the reform law on employment.
The S & P Healthcare Claims Index shows rapid growth in health cost trend for the individual market, both overall and for drugs, with rises well in excess of 10% and far greater than group coverage cost trends.
http://www.worldcongress.com/events/HR15000/PDF/HR15000_WP_S&P_Healthcare_Claims_Indices_Market_Snapshot.pdfA Deloitte survey finds that young adults often did not sign up for mandated health coverage, usually due to cost concerns.
The latest National Business Group on Health survey finds that most large employers are still expecting large health cost increases next year.
The new health insurance exchange policies don’t offer particularly high levels of coverage, as revealed in a report funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
After the first wave of reform law mandated insurance signups, a substantial number of Americans remain uninsured. An Urban Institute brief describes the characteristics of this still-uninsured population.
After discussing private health insurance exchanges yesterday, today we look into a few recent issues on the public exchanges.
Mark Farrah Associates issues a quick look at how health plan enrollments are shifting as reform is implemented on the health insurance exchanges.
In a paper from the National Bureau of Economic Research, health economists attempt to understand what the effect of the health reform law and health exchanges was on individual health insurance premiums, finding that large increases likely resulted from reform implementation.