As the healthcare industry starts to give more ways for users to see and use price data, a new study shows Americans do not mostly link the price tag with quality.
Most Americans “did not consider that price and quality are connected,” in accordance to new research conducted by Public Agenda that is issued in the April issue of the journal Health Affairs. Relying on how the query was framed, 58 percent to 71 percent of Americans did not associate healthcare costs with quality.
It is a timely study offered some states and the federal government as well as insurance companies and employers are experimenting with latest approaches to make healthcare more transparent to users and sufferers. And the shopping experience is starting to make better somewhat, with more users using public exchanges under the Affordable Care Act or private exchanges given by employers.
The study is also significant because doctors and hospitals often complain health insurance company networks are all about cost and not offering the best medical-care providers when depicting them to health plan members in lower-priced health plans. Most insurers, involvingcluding Anthem ANTM -2.23%, Aetna AET -2.42%, UnitedHealth Group UNH -1.46%and Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans across the country, are offering more policies with narrow networks.
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