High-deductible health plans are moving health outcomes in the wrong direction

(By Jakob Emerson for Becker’s Hospital Review)

As the number of Americans enrolled in high-deductible health plans continues to grow, recent studies conducted by researchers at some of the nation’s top hospitals and medical schools have linked HDHPs with worse health outcomes, less spending on preventive care, and higher utilization rates of emergency rooms. Continue reading here…

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