Marjorie Ginsburg ( [email protected]) is the executive director of the Center for Healthcare Decisions, in Rancho Cordova, California. Value-based insurance designs frequently lower consumers’ cost ...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bind Benefits, Inc., released data that illustrates the impact better health insurance design is having on consumers and their employers. The biggest takeaway: Consumers ...

The burden of rising health care costs is being shifted to consumers, and 30 percent of health care costs are attributed to wasteful spending on low- or no-value services. Value-based insurance design ...

This study examined the application of value-based insurance design to the treatment of mental health disorders and addresses any additional challenges. Objectives: To explore the feasibility of ...

The US healthcare system is in crisis, with documented gaps in quality, safety, access, and affordability. Many believe the solution to unsustainable cost increases is increased patient cost-sharing.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Through the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) ...

To lower health care costs, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) offer tax incentives encouraging people to trade off current consumption against future consumption. This paper tests whether consumers use ...