FROM THE FOUNDATION

All Over the Map

Newly updated to include breast cancer, prostate cancer, and spine procedures, this CHCF-sponsored research shows that practice patterns vary dramatically from place to place.

Medi-Cal Transforms

Medi-Cal is the main source of health insurance for one in five Californians. An updated report gives an overview of the program's key features, describes how the program is evolving, and examines the challenges ahead.

Obama Care in the Second Term

CHCF is a long-time sponsor of the UC Irvine Forecast Conference. A webcast of this year's conference on health policy in President Obama's second term is now available.

Health Care Costs

Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Study: Consumer-Driven Health Plans Could Cut Costs

Consumer-directed health insurance plans -- which offer high-deductible coverage and often feature a health savings account -- could reduce health spending by as much as $57 billion annually if 50% of the U.S. workforce signed up for them, according to a RAND study published Monday in the journal Health Affairs. However, researchers expressed uncertainty about whether the cutbacks in care that CDPs trigger could lead to poorer health or health emergencies in the future.



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