Financial Burden of Employer-Sponsored High-Deductible Health Plans for Low-Income Adults With Chronic Health Conditions

Salam Abdus; Patricia S Keenan

doi:10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.4706

Financial Burden of Employer-Sponsored High-Deductible Health Plans for Low-Income Adults With Chronic Health Conditions

JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Dec 1;178(12):1706-1708. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.4706.

Authors

Salam Abdus¹, Patricia S Keenan¹

Affiliation

¹ Division of Research and Modeling, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland.

Abstract

This cohort study examines the prevalence of high out-of-pocket health care spending across health plans with different deductible levels among adults in low-income families who have chronic conditions.

MeSH terms

Adult
Chronic Disease
Deductibles and Coinsurance / economics*
Health Benefit Plans, Employee / economics*
Health Expenditures*
Humans
Middle Aged
Poverty*
United States
Young Adult