INSURANCE PLANS

Diversity and transition in health insurance plans.

Social insurance reform in Czechoslovakia; background and plans.

*Office of M i l i t a r y Government for Germany ( U . S.), Manpower Div is ion , Soc ia l Insurance Branch . DEVELOPMENT OF PLANS for a unified, Nation-wide program of social insur ance for Czechoslovakia and adoption of a 2-year plan for the rehabi l i tat ion of its nat ional economy appear to pave the way for eventual long-range solution of the present difficulties besetting the social ins...

Paying for individual health insurance through tax-sheltered cafeteria plans.

When employees without group health insurance buy individual coverage, they do so using after-tax income--costing them from 20% to 50% more than others pay for equivalent coverage. Prior to the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), several states promoted a potential solution that would allow employees to buy individual insurance through tax-sheltered payroll deduct...

Access to care in HMOs and traditional insurance plans.

Commentary - Accountable Care Organizations and Narrow Network Insurance Plans.

Rapid medical care cost growth is one of the primary economic and fiscal challenges that policy makers wrestle with in the Unites States. Nationwide, medical expenses have grown at a rate approximately double the rate of inflation over the past two decades, in part due to price increases, in part due to quantity increases, and in part due to the introduction of new medical technologies. Medical...