Assessment of cost sharing in the Pima County Marketplace

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• 作者：Nicholas B. Jennings ; ^{nbjennings@email.arizona.edu} ; Howard J. Eng
• 关键词：Insurance ; ACA ; Marketplace ; Competition ; Coverage
• 刊名：Health Policy
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：121
• 期：1
• 页码：50-57
• 全文大小：647 K
• 卷排序：121

文摘

Premium competition in the Pima County Marketplace is intense for presumed healthy individuals under 30 years of age. Plans with low cost sharing tend to have higher premiums and vice versa. Evaluating health plans on premium alone is insufficient. Understanding cost-sharing is vital to effectively evaluating an insurance plan on a marketplace. Web tools could provide consumers information on physician networks, medication coverage, and costs.