Backgrounder posted August 19, 2010 by Gregg Girvan
Consumer Power: 5 Lessons from Utah’s Heath Care Reform
Abstract: Obamacare is on the march, and state policymakers must decide by 2014 how they will respond to this encroachment on states’ rights to control their own health insurance markets. The state of Utah has been on the reform path since 2005. With its system of defined contributions (as opposed to the standard defined benefits), a functioning health insurance exchange,…
Backgrounder posted July 30, 2010 by Gregg Girvan
Utah’s Defined-Contribution Option: Patient-Centered Health Care
Abstract: Americans who receive health insurance through their jobs generally have little flexibility: 86 percent of employers in the country offer only one plan. This system of “defined benefits” has worked well for expanding group coverage, but severely limits options for individuals, and has not kept costs from skyrocketing. Recipients of employer-sponsored health…