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Analyzing multiple potential strategies to improve affordability of health care coverage, Stage 3, with a focus on the impact of COVID-19 in 2020

  • Funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
  • Total publications:0 publications

Grant number: 78521

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Key facts

  • Disease

    COVID-19

  • Start & end year

    2021
    2022

  • Known Financial Commitments (USD)

    $249,915

  • Funder

    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

  • Principal Investigator

    Unspecified Unspecified Unspecified

  • Research Location

    United States of America

  • Lead Research Institution

    Wakely Consulting Group

  • Research Priority Alignment

    N/A

  • Research Category

    Health Systems Research

  • Research Subcategory

    Health financing

  • Special Interest Tags

    N/A

  • Study Type

    Clinical

  • Clinical Trial Details

    Not applicable

  • Broad Policy Alignment

    Pending

  • Age Group

    Not Applicable

  • Vulnerable Population

    Not applicable

  • Occupations of Interest

    Not applicable

Abstract

To conduct actuarial analyses of various policies related to health insurance coverage and the cost and affordability of health care, for example (1) federal and state public options; (2) changes in the provider-pricing structure, including improved transparency; and (3) additional potential topics, including cost trends, alternative purchasing strategies, and the use of health reimbursement arrangements, which reimburse employees for out-of-pocket medical expenses and personal health insurance premiums.