eHealth Insurance provides an early look at characteristics of policies that individuals are purchasing on the exchanges.
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While slightly dated now, a CDC release on health insurance coverage in early 2014 gives some perspective on the impact of the reform law.
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A report from Truven Health Analytics gives trends on health spending in employer-sponsored plans.
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Towers Watson gives us a perspective on employer health benefit trends.
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McKinsey weighs in on what is happening with insurance premiums on the public exchanges in the second year of open enrollment.
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Just in time for Christmas Eve, a delightful paper on a new method to determine the effect of having health insurance on the demand for health care.
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The Commonwealth Fund examines the impact on families from increases in the cost of employment-based health insurance.
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A Mark Farrah Associates release details membership numbers for the largest national health insurers in the first half of 2014.
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Research published in the American Journal of Managed Care again demonstrates that private insurers pay a lot more for hospital inpatient services than do Medicare or Medicaid.
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Mercer gives an early view of the results of a survey of employers regarding health benefit costs in 2014 and expectations for 2015.
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Aon Hewitt releases its estimate of medical cost trends for employer-based health insurance for 2014 and looking into 2015.
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A survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation indicates that many Americans struggle to understand some basic health insurance concepts.
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Benefits firm Segal Group has released its projections of 2015 health plan cost trend, anticipating variable but significant health spending growth.
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The Health Care Cost Institute releases a report of cost trends for 2013 in employer-sponsored health insurance.
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The Healthy Skeptic is a website about the health care system, and is written by Kevin Roche, who has many years of experience working in the health industry. Mr. Roche is available to assist health care companies through consulting arrangements through Roche Consulting, LLC and may be reached at khroche@healthy-skeptic.com.
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