Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) - Publications - Faculty & Research

June 30, 2020
Article

Bipartisan Tax-Free Solution to Health Care Financing: Coupling HRAs With a Public Option

By: Regina E. Herzlinger, Richard Boxer and James Wallace

A combination of health insurance initiatives by the presumptive 2020 Democratic and Republican presidential nominees could expand health care coverage and significantly reduce costs, without raising taxes. Along the way, the combination could revitalize private... View Details

Keywords: Health Care Financing; Public Option; Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA); Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; Cost Management

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2019
Working Paper

Thinking Outside the Box (12): The Benefits of Increased Transparency in Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance for the 180 Million Insured

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Barak D. Richman

Economists have long noted that the tax exclusion of employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) caused workers to purchase health plans that differ in price and other characteristics from those they would otherwise choose for themselves. We explore the short-term and long-term... View Details

Keywords: After-tax Income; Consumer-driven Health Care; Health Care Costs; Health Insurance; Income Inequality; Tax Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Cost; Insurance; Income; Equality and Inequality; Taxation; Policy; United States

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22 May 2020
In Practice

Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

The coronavirus crisis forced health care providers to mobilize in ways few could have predicted six months ago, revealing not only the system’s weaknesses but its profound ingenuity. Within weeks, providers worldwide set up drive-through... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

20 Jul 2020
Op-Ed

It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees

Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (ICHRAs), to buy Section 1301 qualified health plans in the individual market. We advocate... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger and Richard J. Boxer; Health; Health

11 Dec 2018
News

Herzlinger Editorial Influences Federal Healthcare Policy

16 Dec 2014
First Look

First Look: December 16

Michael E., and Robert S. Kaplan Abstract—Improving provider incentives and reimbursement must become a central component in health care reform. Reimbursement through bundled... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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1.18 Field Global Capstone | MBA

reimburse for travel or related costs (luggage, seat selection, etc.) booked outside the flights portal. Students must research and obtain (at their cost) any required transit visas based on their selected flight routing. Airport... View Details

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Demo Day | New Venture Competition

chemicals and petroleum-based materials using green, scalable technology. Kyra Health Lucas Hearn (MBA 2025), Ned Jackson Lovely Kyra Health is an AI-native Individual Coverage View Details

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1.19 Immersive Field Courses (IFC) | MBA

Additional Costs The IFC course fee covers hotel accommodations, some meals, pre-identified activities, and local transportation (including transit from one immersion city to another) during the immersion. Students must arrange and pay... View Details

10 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: First Look: October 10

to customize therapy for individuals. However, adoption of this approach has progressed slowly and unevenly because the trial-and-error treatment model still governs how the health care system develops, regulates, pays for, and delivers... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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