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Consumer-driven health plans get mixed reviews.
Byline: Joe Rojas-Burke
Dec. 9--A wave of "consumer-driven" health plans is supposed to control runaway medical costs by making patients act more like thrifty shoppers, and at this they succeed, according to one of the first national surveys examining the trend.
But the survey also shines light on the potential downsides for workers who have enrolled in such plans: They were much more likely to avoid or delay medical care when sick, and they shouldered a larger financial burden than those with more traditional insurance.
The findings, released Thursday at a health conference in Washington, D.C., come from a national survey of privately insured adults conducted by two nonprofit groups, the Employee Benefit Research Institute and the Commonwealth Fund.
The results aren't likely to curb interest in the…
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Source: HighBeam Research, Consumer-driven health plans get mixed reviews.
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