Description: Discusses variability in per capita health-care costs by health-care provider.

Description: Voluntary health insurance coverage options are described including hospital indemnity, accident plans, disability insurance, and critical illness policies.

Description: On Dec. 29, 1973 President Nixon signed into law the Health Maintenance Organization Act of 1973, which authorizes $375 million to be used by the DHEW to stimulate the establishment and development of HMO's over the next five years. This article describes the status of the regulations and the development of additional HMO's.

Description: This article presents a view of health care as an economic system, suggests a framework for classifying current criticisms of the system, and offers references for further reading.

Description: With the medical insurance market experiencing health care inflation of 10 to 13 percent and medical costs averaging above $8,000 per year per employee less for single employees and more for employees with families, employers are looking at alternative options. Politicians and regulators are as well.

Description: This is the second article in a four–part series. In this article, the industry's products are examined.

Description: Book Review: The Health Insurance Answer Book as a practical resource on health insurance issues.

Description: This article analyzed the characteristics of the uninsured. Income had the highest correlation. From: The Actuary, April 2000 – volume 34 - Issue 4.

Description: Establishing negotiating targets and network configurations in a new market Issue No. 36

Description: This is an article about the rising costs of health care and what it means for student health care plans. Health Section News, Issue 46