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Web Exclusive: Empowering Consumers Will Make Value-Based Programs Work
Many health plans are unsure about the future and are searching for answers. The news isn't always good.
Stocking stuffer: health gift card
Healthcare providers are rolling out a different sort of stocking stuffer: gift cards that can be used to pay bills and...
Nearly one in six online health insurance shoppers are 'uninsurable'
A number of health reformers call for insurance tax credits that people could use to shop for individual health...
Health plans: Consumer-driven programs fall out of favor in Iowa
Some Iowa businesses are moving away from healthcare plans that offer high deductibles in exchange for low costs...
Problems found with consumer-directed health plans
Although consumer-driven health plans have been hailed as a tool to help control costs, they actually motivate plan...
If It’s Good Enough for the Clintons. . .
If your company were to create the same generic healthcare communications message for every person, you could alienate...
Study aims for wise choices from a wealth of health plans
Americans may believe that the more choices consumers have, the better, but the early findings of a government-funded...
Coventry Health Care to serve Pennsylvania workers fund
Bethesda, MD-based Coventry Health Care Inc. has been selected by the Pennsylvania Employee Benefit Trust Fund to...
What health consumers want
Although healthcare consumers constitute a market that is very diverse, the idea that companies might profit by...
Opting for private insurance
For years, workers generally took health insurance if it was offered by their employer. Now some workers are opting for...

Book: Engage! A Guide to Involving Your Consumers in Their Health
Education on the merits of a consumer-driven health plan is vital, as you seek to create a bond between the consumer...