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**The Latest Research, Commentary, and News from Health Affairs**

**Wednesday, September 25, 2019**

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IN THE JOURNAL

AHEAD OF PRINT

Health Benefits In 2019: Premiums Inch Higher, Employers Respond To
Federal Policy

By Gary Claxton, Matthew Rae, Anthony Damico, Gregory Young, Daniel
McDermott, and Heidi Whitmore

The annual Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health Benefits Survey
found that in 2019 the average annual premium for single coverage rose 4
percent to $7,188, and the average annual premium for family coverage
rose 5 percent to $20,576. Covered workers contributed 18 percent of the
cost for single coverage and 30 percent of the cost for family coverage,
on average, with considerable variation across firms. Read More >>

MEDICAID

The Dynamics Of Medicaid Enrollment, Employment, And Beneficiary Health
Status

By Jessica P. Vistnes and Steven C. Hill

Jessica Vistnes and Steven Hill examine the characteristics of new
nonelderly adult Medicaid enrollees and find that about one-quarter of
them report either a decline in their physical or mental health or loss
of a job in the period prior to their enrollment. Read More >>

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TODAY ON THE BLOG

PHARMACEUTICALS & MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY

Next Steps For Netflix: Can 'All You Can Treat' Contracts Work
Beyond Hepatitis C?

By Mark Trusheim and Peter B. Bach

In 2016, working with Senator William Cassidy (R-LA), we developed the
"Netflix model" for financing hepatitis C virus treatment for a defined
population. The name reflects the model's central feature: a flat fee
in exchange for unlimited supply, analogous to the monthly subscription
fee paid by binge watchers to the video streaming service.Read More >>

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**A CLOSER LOOK**- Insurance Premiums

For decades, Health Affairs has published the annual results of the
survey now known as the Kaiser Family Foundation Employer Health
Benefits Survey, which is being released today. Thirty years ago, Jon
Gabel and colleagues

reported that insurance premiums rose 12 percent between spring 1987 and
spring 1988, nearly double the rate of increase from 1987.

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