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A health plan or a car: health insurance for a family of four exceeds $20K in 2012

By on May 15, 2012 in Affordable Care Act, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health insurance, Health insurance exchanges, Health marketing, Health Plans, Health politics, Health reform, Hospital finance, Hospitals, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacy, Physicians, PPACA

The saying goes, “you pays your money and you makes your choice.” In 2012, if you have a bolus of $20,700 to spend, you can choose between a health plan for a family of four, or a sedan for the same family. That’s the calculation from the actuaries at Milliman, whose annual Milliman Medical Index [...]

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$12 water and $10 premium increases: how price elasticity is contextual in health and life

By on April 13, 2012 in Behavior change, Demographics and health, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance, Health insurance exchanges, Health marketing, Health Plans, Medicare, Uninsured

A $10 increase in a health plan premium drove up to 3% of retired University of Michigan employees to leave the plan, according to a study from U-M published in Health Economics, The Price Sensitivity of Medicare Beneficiaries. The U-M researchers analyzed the behaviors of 3,182 retirees over four years, to assess the impact of [...]

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The ACA won’t undermine employer-based health insurance and could help the deficit, says CBO (again)

By on March 16, 2012 in Affordable Care Act, Employers, Health Economics, Health insurance exchanges, Health Plans, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Uninsured

There’s intriguing fine print in the latest CBO analysis on the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on employer-sponsored health insurance in the U.S. CBO finds there will be 3 to 5 million working Americans without employer-sponsored health insurance due to the implementation of the ACA, according to the report, CBO and JCT’s Estimates of the Effects [...]

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Trust in doctors breeds trust in health IT – context-setting for patient engagement, HIMSS 2012

By on February 19, 2012 in Connected health, Health care information technology, Health Consumers, Health engagement, Health insurance exchanges, Health reform, Health social networks, Internet and Health, Medical technology, Personalized medicine, Privacy and security, Telehealth, Telemedicine, Trust

While the vast majority of people find value in electronic health records (EHRs) — both those whose doctors currently use them and those patients whose personal health information still resides in paper-based systems — most remain concerned about their patient rights, privacy and security of that data.  Making IT Meaningful: How Consumers Value and Trust [...]

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The Trust Deficit – what does it mean for health care?

By on January 24, 2012 in Affordable Care Act, Food and health, Global Health, Health Consumers, Health Economics, Health engagement, Health insurance exchanges, Health marketing, Health politics, Health reform, Health regulation, Health social networks, media and health, Pharmaceutical, Prescription drugs, Trust

Technology, autos, food and consumer products — two-thirds of people around the globe trust these four industries the most. The least trusted sectors are media, banks and financial services. Welcome to the twelfth annual poll of the 2012 Edelman Trust Barometer, gauging global citizens’ perspectives on institutions and their trustworthiness. This survey marks the largest [...]

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