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| Jessica VistnesSummaryAffiliation: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Country: USA Publications
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Employer contribution methods and health insurance premiums: does managed competition work?J P Vistnes
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Cost and Financing Studies, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Suite 500, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Int J Health Care Finance Econ 1:159-87. 2001..We also find that if employers instead pay the full premium, premiums increase when they offer additional plans. These results have important implications for both employers and policymakers...
Premium growth and its effect on employer-sponsored insuranceJessica Vistnes
Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Int J Health Care Finance Econ 11:55-81. 2011..They also increase employee contributions for single and family coverage, but not deductibles. Among high-wage employers, all but the largest increase deductibles in response to cost pressures...
A closer look at the managed care backlashPhilip F Cooper
Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Med Care 44:I4-11. 2006..Our data also indicated that when workers were given a choice between an HMO and other plan types, workers increasingly opted for the non-HMO plan during this time period...
Declines in employer-sponsored insurance between 2000 and 2008: examining the components of coverage by firm sizeJessica Vistnes
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, 540 Gaither Road, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Health Serv Res 47:919-38. 2012....
Workers' decisions to take-up offered health insurance coverage: assessing the importance of out-of-pocket premium costsPhilip F Cooper
Center for Cost and Financing Studies, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
Med Care 41:III35-III43. 2003....
The health insurance status of low-wage workers: the role of workplace composition and marital statusJessica Vistnes
Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD 20850, USA
Med Care Res Rev 68:607-23. 2011..The authors find that where low-wage workers are employed, who their colleagues are, and their spouses' wage levels are important factors in determining low-wage workers' access to coverage and the cost and generosity of such coverage...
