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Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute Researchers Reveal New Findings on Health Policy ("Pick a Plan and Roll the Dice": A qualitative study of consumer experiences selecting a health plan in the non-group market): Health and Medicine - Health Policy - Insurance News

Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute Researchers Reveal New Findings on Health Policy ("Pick a Plan and Roll the Dice": A qualitative study of consumer experiences selecting a health plan in the non-group market): Health and Medicine - Health Policy - Insurance News
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Asthma Med Adherence: Do High Insurance Deductibles Make a Difference?


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You might think that when asthma patients were switched involuntarily from regular insurance to high-deductible health plans (HDHPs), a substantial number would cut corners on their daily controller medications but you would mostly be wrong, researchers said.
In fact, in a study of some 185,000 pediatric and adult patients with asthma spanning 2002 to 2014, average adherence (as measured by prescription refills and days covered by filled prescriptions) did not change markedly with such switches, reported Alison A. Galbraith, MD, PhD, of Harvard Medical School in Boston, and colleagues in
A few comparisons did show minor but statistically significant differences. For example, adults switched to HDHPs who were using inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting beta agonist (ICS-LABA) controllers showed a 1.4% greater decrease in days covered compared with patients remaining in conventional plans (95% CI 0.3%-2.5%), though not in other adherence measur ....

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