Employer Sponsored Health Insurance

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Research

Dec 10, 2024

Prices Paid to Hospitals by Private Health Plans: Findings from Round 5.1 of an Employer-Led Transparency Initiative

The lack of transparency of prices in the U.S. health care market limits employers' ability to knowledgeably develop or implement benefit design decisions. This report presents a metric that can be used to compare hospital prices.
Press

May 13, 2024

Private Health Plans During 2022 Paid Hospitals 254 Percent of What Medicare Would Pay

Prices paid to hospitals during 2022 by employers and private insurers for both inpatient and outpatient services averaged 254 percent of what Medicare would have paid, with wide variation in prices among states.
May 13, 2024

Hospital Price Transparency Study

Using claims data from private health plans, RAND researchers measured hospital prices in the United States and compared these prices to Medicare pricing for the same services.
Expert Insights

Feb 12, 2024

Reducing Costs and Improving Access to Care: Employer-Driven Health Benefit Design Innovations: Addendum

Document submitted February 5, 2024, as an addendum to testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Health, Employment and Pensions on January 11, 2024.
Expert Insights

Jan 11, 2024

Reducing Costs and Improving Access to Care: Employer-Driven Health Benefit Design Innovations

Testimony presented before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions on January 11, 2024.
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Jan 11, 2024

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Reducing Costs and Improving Access to Care

Summary of testimony presented before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions on January 11, 2024.
Commentary

Jun 9, 2023

Your Health Insurance May Not Be As Good As Your State Requires—and It's Perfectly Legal

Massachusetts has a law to ensure ease of access to birth control pills, saying there should be no copays and women can fill a 12-month prescription at once. Infertility care has similar protections. But many health plans don't have to comply with state laws because they are “self-insured.”
Expert Insights

Aug 4, 2022

Health Care Affordability: State Policy Options to Control Costs

Testimony presented before the Texas House of Representatives Select Committee on Health Care Reform on August 4, 2022.
Press

May 17, 2022

Private Health Plans During 2020 Paid Hospitals 224 Percent of What Medicare Would Pay

Prices paid to hospitals during 2020 by employers and private insurers for both inpatient and outpatient services averaged 224 percent of what Medicare would have paid, with wide variation in prices among states.
Research

May 17, 2022

Prices Paid to Hospitals by Private Health Plans: Findings from Round 4 of an Employer-Led Transparency Initiative

The lack of transparency of prices in the health care market limits the ability of employers to knowledgeably develop or implement benefit design decisions. This report is designed to allow an easy comparison of hospital prices using a single metric.
Press

Mar 31, 2022

Expanding State Employee Health Plan to Others May Do More Than Other Options to Expand Insurance Coverage in Connecticut

Among options to increase health insurance coverage in Connecticut, making a version of the state's employee health plan available to small businesses and some other employers would insure the most people at the lowest cost to the state.
Research

Mar 31, 2022

Increasing Subsidies and Expanding Health Insurance Options in Connecticut

The authors estimated the impacts of policy options to increase the affordability of insurance in Connecticut. They calculated enrollment, premiums, and state spending and considered whether the results differed by race, ethnicity, or income group.

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Expanding Connecticut State Employee Health Plan to Others Could Increase Insurance Coverage More Than Other Options

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Prices Paid to Hospitals by Private Health Plans: Findings from Round 5.1 of an Employer-Led Transparency Initiative

Private Health Plans During 2022 Paid Hospitals 254 Percent of What Medicare Would Pay

Hospital Price Transparency Study

Reducing Costs and Improving Access to Care: Employer-Driven Health Benefit Design Innovations: Addendum

Reducing Costs and Improving Access to Care: Employer-Driven Health Benefit Design Innovations

Reducing Costs and Improving Access to Care

Your Health Insurance May Not Be As Good As Your State Requires—and It's Perfectly Legal

Health Care Affordability: State Policy Options to Control Costs

Private Health Plans During 2020 Paid Hospitals 224 Percent of What Medicare Would Pay

Prices Paid to Hospitals by Private Health Plans: Findings from Round 4 of an Employer-Led Transparency Initiative

Expanding State Employee Health Plan to Others May Do More Than Other Options to Expand Insurance Coverage in Connecticut

Increasing Subsidies and Expanding Health Insurance Options in Connecticut

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Expanding Connecticut State Employee Health Plan to Others Could Increase Insurance Coverage More Than Other Options

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Prices Paid to Hospitals by Private Health Plans: Findings from Round 5.1 of an Employer-Led Transparency Initiative

Private Health Plans During 2022 Paid Hospitals 254 Percent of What Medicare Would Pay

Hospital Price Transparency Study

Reducing Costs and Improving Access to Care: Employer-Driven Health Benefit Design Innovations: Addendum

Reducing Costs and Improving Access to Care: Employer-Driven Health Benefit Design Innovations

Reducing Costs and Improving Access to Care

Your Health Insurance May Not Be As Good As Your State Requires—and It's Perfectly Legal

Health Care Affordability: State Policy Options to Control Costs

Private Health Plans During 2020 Paid Hospitals 224 Percent of What Medicare Would Pay

Prices Paid to Hospitals by Private Health Plans: Findings from Round 4 of an Employer-Led Transparency Initiative

Expanding State Employee Health Plan to Others May Do More Than Other Options to Expand Insurance Coverage in Connecticut

Increasing Subsidies and Expanding Health Insurance Options in Connecticut

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