Researcher from University of Washington Publishes New Studies and Findings in the Area of Health Insurance (A conceptual model of health insurance stability in the United States health care system): Health Insurance

Health Policy and Law Daily

2022 DEC 29 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Health Policy and Law Daily -- Data detailed on health insurance have been presented. According to news reporting originating from Seattle, Washington, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “In the U.S. health care system, people under age 65 are at risk of losing and regaining health insurance coverage over their lifetimes, which has important consequences for their physical and mental health.”

Our news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from University of Washington: “Despite the importance of insurance stability, we have an incomplete understanding about the complex factors influencing whether people lose and regain coverage. To advance our understanding of the dynamics of health insurance coverage and guide future research, our purpose is to present a new conceptual model of health insurance stability, where instability is defined as a person’s loss or change of coverage, which can occur more than once in a lifetime.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “Drawing from theory and evidence in the literature, we posit that personal and plan characteristics, the health system, and the environmental context - economic, social/cultural, political/judicial, and geographic - drive health insurance stability over the life course and are understudied. Studies are needed to identify the populations most at risk of experiencing insurance instability and vulnerability in health outcomes that results from such insecurity, which may suggest reforms and health policies at the individual, health system, or environment levels to reduce those risks.”

For more information on this research see: A conceptual model of health insurance stability in the United States health care system. Health Services Management Research, 2022. The publisher for Health Services Management Research is SAGE Publications.

A free version of this journal article is available at https://doi.org/10.1177/09514848221146677.

Our news editors report that more information may be obtained by contacting David Grembowski, Health Systems and Population Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States. Additional authors for this research include Christine Leibbrand.

ORCID is an identifier for authors and includes bibliographic information. The following is ORCID information for the author of this research: David Grembowski (http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4209-0019).