The Financial Burdens Of High-Deductible Plans

Salam Abdus; Thomas M Selden; Patricia Keenan

doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0842

The Financial Burdens Of High-Deductible Plans

Health Aff (Millwood). 2016 Dec 1;35(12):2297-2301. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0842.

Authors

Salam Abdus¹, Thomas M Selden², Patricia Keenan³

Affiliations

¹ Salam Abdus (salam.abdus@ahrq.hhs.gov) is a senior economist at the Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, in Rockville, MD.
² Thomas M. Selden is director of the Division of Research and Modeling, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
³ Patricia Keenan is a senior economist in the Office of the Director at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.

PMID: 27920319
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2016.0842

Abstract

The increased prevalence of high-deductible health plans raises concerns regarding high financial burdens from health care, particularly for low-income adults.

Keywords: Employer-sponsored Insurance; Financial Burdens; High Deductible Health Plans.

Project HOPE—The People-to-People Health Foundation, Inc.

MeSH terms

Adult
Deductibles and Coinsurance / economics*
Delivery of Health Care
Health Benefit Plans, Employee / economics*
Health Expenditures / statistics & numerical data
Humans
Insurance Coverage / economics*
Insurance, Health / economics*
Middle Aged
Poverty / economics
Surveys and Questionnaires
United States