For decades, rising healthcare costs have strained household, employer and government budgets. A strategy often proposed to address high costs is to give consumers more “skin in the game,” through high-deductible health plan—sometimes called consumer-directed health plans.
But a wealth of evidence suggests that high-deductible health plans are not leading to better value in our healthcare system.
This briefing described the key evidence against high-deductible health plans and the alternatives that payers should use instead. Below are story ideas and links to key resources.
June 17, 2016
Lynn Quincy, director, Healthcare Value Hub
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