Los Angeles Times
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Los Angeles Times: Not everyone has eye-popping deductibles: How one union kept medical bills in check
Read more: Los Angeles Times: Not everyone has eye-popping deductibles: How one union kept medical bills in checkHCCI’s 2017 Health Care Cost and Utilization Report was cited in a Los Angeles Times article. From the article: “Between 2013 and 2017, the average price nationally for an inpatient hospital admission rose more than 15%, almost three times the rate of general inflation, according to an analysis of commercial insurance data by the Health…
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LA Times: Trying to Shop for Medical Care? Lots of Luck with That
Read more: LA Times: Trying to Shop for Medical Care? Lots of Luck with ThatHCCI research on shoppable services was mentioned in an article written by the LA Times. From the article: “By one estimate by the Health Care Cost Institute, just 7% of total healthcare spending for Americans with job-based coverage was on medical services that could be considered ‘shoppable’ because the service required an out-of-pocket payment and the procedure could…
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Los Angeles Times: Soaring Insurance Deductibles and High Drug Prices Hit Sick Americans with a ‘Double Whammy’
Read more: Los Angeles Times: Soaring Insurance Deductibles and High Drug Prices Hit Sick Americans with a ‘Double Whammy’HCCI’s research on consumer-directed health plans was recently used to support the second in a series of articles by the Los Angeles Times on high-deductible health plans. From the article: “New research conducted in partnership with The Times for this project also shows that sick Americans use less healthcare when their plan requires them to pay…
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Los Angeles Times: Health Insurance Deductibles Soar, Leaving Americans with Unaffordable Bills
Read more: Los Angeles Times: Health Insurance Deductibles Soar, Leaving Americans with Unaffordable BillsHCCI’s research on consumer-directed health plans was recently used to support the first in a series of articles by the Los Angeles Times on high-deductible health plans. From the article: “The challenges are most severe for people with the highest deductibles, according to the poll: Nearly half of those in a plan with at least…