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Thursday, July 13, 2006

Employers see costs drop for big-deductible health plans

Employers see costs drop for big-deductible health plans
In StarTribune.com Business
People who have high-deductible health coverage plans are less likely to use the emergency room and have fewer hospital admissions than people with traditional coverage. They also are more likely to regularly visit their primary care doctor for free preventive checkups. Those are among the findings of a three-year study, released Wednesday by UnitedHealth Group Inc., of so-called consumer-driven health care plans. The plans feature accounts from which consumers pay for medical services until they've paid their full deductibles, and catastrophic insurance kicks in. The study, one of the large

 



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