Health Benefit Plans, Employee
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

A four-system comparison of patients with chronic illness: the Military Health System, Veterans Health Administration, Medicaid, and commercial plans.

30 Aug 2009 We compared chronic care utilization in four major health systems in the U.S.: the military health system (TRICARE), the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Medicaid, and employer-sponsored commercial plans. Prevalence rates and key performance ... Read more...

Out of options: why so many workers in small businesses lack affordable health insurance, and how health care reform can help. Findings from the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey, 2007.

30 Aug 2009 Although employer-sponsored health insurance forms the backbone of the health insurance system in the United States, small businesses are finding it increasingly difficult to provide their workers with comprehensive coverage. In 2007, only 25 ... Read more...

Responsive consumerism: empowerment in markets for health plans.

30 Aug 2009 CONTEXT: American health policy is increasingly relying on consumerism to improve its performance. This article examines a neglected aspect of medical consumerism: the extent to which consumers respond to problems with their health plans. METHODS: ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Health Benefit Plans, Employee'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Health care reform in perspective. 13 Oct 2009
• A four-system comparison of patients with chronic illness: the Military Health System, Veterans Health Administration, Medicaid, and commercial plans. 30 Aug 2009
• Out of options: why so many workers in small businesses lack affordable health insurance, and how health care reform can help. Findings from the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey, 2007. 30 Aug 2009
• Responsive consumerism: empowerment in markets for health plans. 30 Aug 2009
• Lessons for healthcare reform from the hard-won success of behavioral health insurance parity. 30 Aug 2009
• The regressivity of taxing employer-paid health insurance. 17 Aug 2009
• Why paying for health care reform is difficult and essential--numbers and rules. 3 Aug 2009
• A prescription for health care: almost all agree the health system is broken. Here's how Consumers Union would fix it. 30 Jul 2009
• Rising rates bring focus on self-insured plans. 30 Jul 2009
• Health insurance: why are more people uninsured now than in the past? The role of employer sponsored insurance. 30 Jul 2009
• Health benefit costs and absenteeism due to insomnia from the employer's perspective: a retrospective, case-control, database study. 30 Jul 2009
• Patterns of single and multiple claims of epididymitis among young privately-insured males in the United States, 2001 to 2004. 30 Jul 2009
• Rite of passage? Why young adults become uninsured and how new policies can help, 2009 update. 30 Jul 2009
• The burden of health care costs for working families--implications for reform. 28 Jul 2009
• Too much to bear. Study calls health insurance crippling for employers. 25 Jul 2009
• TRICARE: Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) changes included in the John Warner National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year (FY) 2007; authorization of forensic examinations. Final rule. 15 Jul 2009
• Diagnostic methodologies for chlamydia screening in females aged 15 to 25 years from private insurance claims data in the United States, 2001 to 2005. 29 Jun 2009
• Overcoming ERISA as an obstacle: the Ninth Circuit's approval of San Francisco's fair share legislation. 29 Jun 2009
• Proactive health consumerism: an important new tool for worksite health promotion. 29 Jun 2009
• The 2009 Health Confidence Survey: public opinion on health reform varies; strong support for insurance market reform and public plan option, mixed response to tax cap. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Health Benefit Plans, Employee'

Definition: Health insurance plans for employees, and generally including their dependents, usually on a cost-sharing basis with the employer paying a percentage of the premium.

Descriptor UI: D006264

Alternative terms: Health Benefit Plans, Employee; Employee Health Benefit Plans; CHAMPUS;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: N01.824.417.700.325; N03.219.521.576.343.290; N04.452.677.800.325;

Online Note: search INSURANCE, HEALTH 1968-74

History Note: 91(75); was see under INSURANCE, HEALTH 1975-90

Technical Notes: specify geog if possible