Useful Links
Healthcare Costs, Trends & Data
- Distribution of Out-of-Pocket Spending for Health Care Services
- How Changes in Medical Technology Affect Health Care Costs
- Wages and Benefits: A Long-Term View
- Employer Health Insurance Costs and Worker Compensation
- Offer Rates for Smaller Establishments by Business Age
- Health Benefit Offer Rates and Employee Earnings
- Compensation for Workers with and without Access to Health Benefits at Work
- Cost of Coverage for Workers in Small Firms and Large Firms
- U.S. Health Care Costs
- Consequences of rising Healthcare Costs
Tools / Employee Resources
- Take Two Aspirin And Tweet Me In The Morning: How Twitter, Facebook, And Other Social Media Are Reshaping Health Care
-- Carleen Hawn, Health Affairs 28(2): 361-368 - Twelve ways to slash medical bills
- The Role of Consumer Copayments in Healthcare – A RAND Corp Study
- U.S. Health Care Costs
Of Interest To Employers
- Risks, Benefits, And Uncertainty In Health Care
-- Health Affairs 26(3): 624 - Improving The Design Of Health Insurance Benefits
-- Health Affairs 27(1): 88 - Current and Future Role of U.S. Companies in the Provision and Financing of Health Insurance
- Who Pays for Health Care When Workers Are Uninsured?
- Many Primary Care Docs Don't Understand Consumer-Directed Health Plans
- 10 things your hospital won't tell you
- Some doctors charge steep fees for FMLA forms
- Prescription Drug Trends
- Employer Health Benefits 2008 Annual Survey – Health Research & Educational Trust
- The Role of Consumer Co-payments in Healthcare – A RAND Corp Study
- Wages and Benefits: A Long-Term View
- Employer Health Insurance Costs and Worker Compensation
- Offer Rates for Smaller Establishments by Business Age
- Compensation for Workers with and without Access to Health Benefits at Work
- Insurance Premium Cost-Sharing and Coverage Take-up
- Cost of Coverage for Workers in Small Firms and Large Firms
- U.S. Health Care Costs
- Consequences of rising Healthcare Costs
Trends In Healthcare
- Closing the Divide: How Medical Homes Promote Equity in Health Care
- An Analysis of Leading Congressional Health Care Bills, 2005-2007
- Health Care Opinion Leaders' Views on the Quality and Safety of Health Care in the United States
- An International Update on the Comparative Performance of American Health Care
- Analysis of Adverse Event Costs, the Medical Liability System, and Incentives for Patient Safety Improvement
- Medical Homes Can Reduce Hospitalizations and Total Health Care Costs
Senior Links / Medicare
- GAO: Medicare Advantage May Not Always Save Seniors Money
- Poorest, Sickest Medicare Enrollees Face Smaller Drug Plan Menu
- Choosing a Medicare Part D Plan: Are Medicare Beneficiaries Choosing Low-Cost Plans?
- Medicare Low Income Subsidy Available
- Part D – Ten Most Common Brand Name Drugs
- Part D – Key Changes Since 2006
- Part D – 2009 Highlights: Coverage Gap & Premiums
-- Coverage Gap
-- Premiums