Satisfaction Gap Narrowing Between Traditional and Consumer-Driven Health Plans
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Who's happier with their health plan--those in "traditional" managed care plans, or those in so-called "consumer-driven" and high-deductible plans?
The latest data from the nonpartisan
Nevertheless, significantly more people in traditional plans are satisfied with their health coverage than are those in the newer types, and out-of-pocket costs may explain some of the variation in overall satisfaction rates. In 2013, 44 percent of traditional-plan participants were extremely or very satisfied with out-of-pocket costs (for health care services other than for prescription drugs), while 20 percent of high- deductible health plan (HDHP) enrollees and 31 percent of CDHP participants were extremely or very satisfied. Satisfaction has been trending upward among CDHP enrollees in recent years.
These latest findings come from the 2013 EBRI/Greenwald & Associates Consumer Engagement in
"As in previous years of the survey, in 2013 individuals in a CDHP or an HDHP were found to be less likely than those in a traditional plan both to recommend their health plan to friends or co-workers, and to stay with their current health plan if they had the opportunity to switch plans," said
Among the EBRI report's other findings:
* Overall Satisfaction Rates: Very few traditional-plan enrollees were not too or not at all satisfied with their health plan in any year of the survey. In 2013, only 11 percent of traditional-plan enrollees were not too or not at all satisfied with their health plan. In comparison, 22 percent of HDHP and 19 percent of CDHP enrollees reported that they were not too or not at all satisfied with their health plan. Overall, dissatisfaction among CDHP and HDHP enrollees has been trending downward during the survey period.
* Quality of Care--Other than in 2006, individuals in a CDHP were as satisfied as individuals with traditional coverage with the quality of care received. By 2013, about two-thirds of individuals whether in a CDHP (67 percent) or with traditional coverage (68 percent) were extremely or very satisfied with the quality of care received.
* In contrast, individuals with an HDHP were less likely to be satisfied with the quality of care received than those in a traditional plan in every year of the survey. By 2013, 61 percent of HDHP enrollees were extremely or very satisfied with quality of care received, compared with 68 percent among traditional plan enrollees. Satisfaction with quality of care fell between 2012 and 2013 for both individuals with a CDHP and those with traditional coverage.
The full report, "Satisfaction With Health Coverage and Care: Findings from the 2013 EBRI/Greenwald & Associates Consumer Engagement in
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