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		<title><![CDATA[Health Savings Accounts: The Fundamentals]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=167864]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper explores the fundamentals of Health Savings Accounts HSAs. While not intended to be an exhaustive review of these accounts, it describes their intellectual and legislative origins and the mechanics of how they work, explores the early returns on how they are faring in the insurance market, and identifies...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Health Benefits in Retirement: Set for Extinction?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=167857]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 18 million people rely on employer-provided retiree health benefits to fill gaps in Medicare's coverage or to provide basic insurance until they reach Medicare age. Rising costs have led many employers to limit benefits, require participants to pay a larger share of the costs, or stop offering coverage at...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[The Medicare Prescription Drug Proposals and Health Insurance Risk]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=167858]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[In order to facilitate a better understanding of the complex issues raised by the current Senate and House proposals to establish a prescription drug benefit for Medicare beneficiaries, this paper briefly addresses some fundamentals of the health insurance market, defines key risk-sharing mechanisms, including risk corridors and reinsurance, and identifies...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Medigap: Prevalence, Premiums, and Opportunities for Reform]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=167863]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper provides an overview of Medicare's coverage gaps and the primary sources of supplemental coverage for Medicare beneficiaries. It focuses particularly on the Medigap market: the effects of standardization, recent premium trends and rating practices, and options for reform. It considers Medigap within the context of Medicare prescription drug...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Sep 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Average Wholesale Price for Prescription Drugs: Is There a More Appropriate Pricing Mechanism?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=242844]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[This paper defines the Average Wholesale Price AWP, which has become an important benchmark for prescription drug pricing and reimbursement. The paper briefly explains the AWP's various uses in the pricing of prescription drugs, highlights some of the problems that have emerged as a result of the way it is...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2002 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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