scholarly journals Health Insurance is Dead; Long Live Health Insurance

2014 ◽  
Vol 40 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 195-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wendy K. Mariner
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Private Health Insurance ◽  
Health Plans ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Department Of Labor ◽  
Department Of Health ◽  
Patient Protection ◽  
Old Order ◽  
Private Employer ◽  
Treasury Department

Upon the death of a king or queen, the proclamation “the king is dead, long live the king” announces a new monarch’s accession to the throne, preserving the sovereign order. As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is implemented, it is tempting to proclaim the reign of a new system of health insurance. But, will it preserve the old order or initiate a new form of governance? As states and insurers grapple with new rules and regulations being issued from the Department of Health and Human Services, the Treasury Department and the Department of Labor, one might believe an entirely new health insurance system is being built. Yet, the ACA is designed to preserve existing forms of public and private health insurance, such as Medicare and private employer group health plans, which will continue to operate much as they have in the recent past. What has changed is the role that insurance will play and how that will shape the way we think about health policy.

scholarly journals Self-Rated Health Status Based on the Type of Health Insurance: A Socioeconomic Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 58 ◽  
pp. 004695802110281
Author(s):  
Minsung Sohn ◽  
Minsoo Jung ◽  
Mankyu Choi
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Regression Models ◽  
Private Health Insurance ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Logistic Regression Models ◽  
Self Rated Health ◽  
Interaction Terms ◽  
Healthcare Coverage

To investigate the effects of public and private health insurance on self-rated health (SRH) status within the National Health Insurance (NHI) system based on socioeconomic status in South Korea. The data were obtained from 10 867 respondents of the Korea Health Panel (2008-2011). We used hierarchical panel logistic regression models to assess the SRH status. We also added the interaction terms of socioeconomic status and type of health insurance as moderators. Medical aid (MA) recipients were 2.10 times more likely to have a low SRH status than those who were covered only by the NHI, even though the healthcare utilization was higher. When the interaction terms were included, those not covered by the NHI and had completed elementary school or less were 16.59 times more likely to have a low SRH status than those covered by the NHI and had earned a college degree or higher. Expanding healthcare coverage to reduce the burden of non-payment and unmet use to improve the health status of MA beneficiaries should be considered. Particularly, the vulnerability of less-educated groups should be focused on.

scholarly journals Financial Protection in Health Insurance Schemes: A Comparative Analysis of Mediclaim Policy and CHAT Scheme in India

2012 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukumar Vellakkal
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Private Health Insurance ◽  
Household Survey ◽  
Financial Protection ◽  
Health Plans ◽  
Total Health Expenditure ◽  
Hypothetical Situation ◽  
Resource Poor ◽  
Insurance Penetration

This article analyzes the level of financial protection to low-income people during illness in ‘private health insurance’ and ‘people’s preferred health insurance’. In a hypothetical situation of being insured with both the pro-poor version of the ‘Mediclaim policy’ (private health insurance) and CHAT—‘Choosing Health Plans All-Together’—scheme (people’s preferred health insurance), this study analyzed the out-of-pocket-spending for health care incurred by persons per reported illness episodes in four select resource-poor locations in India. Three data sources were used: (a) household survey, (b) CHAT: a field-based experiment conducted in India to reveal people’s preference for health insurance benefits and (c) the specification of conditions of Mediclaim policy. The study found, first, that the Mediclaim policy covers a small proportion (8 per cent) of the total reported illness episodes but CHAT scheme covers a large proportion (90 per cent) of illness episodes and, second, that the Mediclaim policy reimburses 5 per cent of the total health expenditure but CHAT scheme reimburses 37 per cent. The study concludes that private health insurance provides lower level of financial protection compared to ‘people’s preferred health insurance’ and hence recommends that health insurance packages must be comprehensive and reflect community preference to make it attractive so that health insurance penetration can be increased.

Public And Private Health Insurance: Stacking Up The Costs

2008 ◽  
Vol 27 (Suppl1) ◽  
pp. w318-w327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leighton Ku ◽  
Matthew Broaddus
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Private Health Insurance ◽  
Public And Private
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