Changes in Healthcare Spending Attributable to High Deductible Health Plan Offer Among Enrollees with Comorbid Substance Use Disorder and Cardiovascular Disease.

Julia C P EddelbuettelAlene Kennedy-HendricksMark K MeiselbachElizabeth A StuartHaiden A HuskampAlisa B BuschMara A G HollanderCameron SchillingColleen L BarryMatthew D Eisenberg

Published in: Journal of general internal medicine (2024)

This study suggests that while HDHPs do not change overall levels of annual spending among enrollees with comorbid CVD and SUD, they may increase the financial burden of healthcare services by raising OOP costs, which could negatively impact this high-need and high-utilization population.

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affordable care act
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