Value-based insurance design (VBID) has been used by employers to encourage use of and increase access to evidence-based health services. The core mechanisms of VBID align patient cost-sharing amounts ...

A look at value-based insurance design, and how it provides a way to reduce financial barriers to care for people with chronic conditions. This article was written by Jon Christianson, PhD, Medica ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Joshua Cohen is a Boston-based writer who covers health policy. Through the Medicare Advantage Value-Based Insurance Design (VBID) ...

The passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) in 2010 has led to significant gains in health insurance coverage for many Americans. Despite this, many insured patients still ...

The burden of rising health care costs is being shifted to consumers, and 30 percent of health care costs are attributed to wasteful spending on low- or no-value services. Value-based insurance design ...

The final report of the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare, published in June 2019, called for universal, single-payer, public pharmacare in Canada. Consideration of ...

The world is witnessing new and unexpected diseases every day—Covid-19 is a stark example of this. Treatment of these diseases can wipe out the entire savings of a household. This is leading to ...

Dezeenwire: the Design Museum in London have announced the category winners for the 2010 Brit Insurance Design Awards. See press release below. Chair of the Jury, Antony Gormley and the 2010 panel ...