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We've had some back and forth on the sources for the individual market section. Some organizations associated with the industry have conducted surveys over the years. These include trade associations (America’s Health Insurance Plans) and on-line brokerages (EHealthInsurance).
Some editors have objected to these because of their commercial affiliations. Unfortunately, there are not other comparable direct surveys of premiums and benefits in the individual market (as there are in the employer group market, through the Kaiser Family Foundation).
While the sources must be clearly identified, these are not fake surveys. The Kaiser Family Foundation [1] and U.S. Government Accountability Office [2] have partnered with eHealthInsurance in using their data in the past. AHIP data has been cited by the Kaiser Family Foundation [3] and in the journal Health Affairs [4] [5] [6]. The sample sizes are very strong, the data and methods are described, and people in the health policy community use these surveys. Making them available to the reader strengthens these articles, rather than weakening them.
The lead has been edited back a forth recently, changing the sentence . . .
. . . back and forth between "mixed economy" and "market-based".
Right now I'm inclined to suggest going with . . .
. . . because the issue isn't really that relevant to health insurance.
But, most people in the U.S. would not describe the health care system as a "mixed economy" one, however, because outside of some limited examples such as the Veterans Administration health system, most medical facilities and providers are privately rather than governmentaly owned and operated. The insurance market is a bit different, because there are significant government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. That's on the reimbursement side, however, and the term "mixed economy" is not generally used to describe social insurance systems, but rather systems where there is government ownership of health care delivery systems. EastTN (talk) 16:27, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
I'm joining in late on this but I would like to chime in that a mixed economy is not necessarily public & private ownership. A mixed economy could have private ownership with public intervention & regulation. GRosado 06:08, 23 January 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by GRosado (talk • contribs)
I notice there are links to the United Kingdom's healthcare system at the top of the article; I'm assuming that this is a mistake (the article started with 'In the United Kingdom' until I recently changed it), but could this be to provide a comparison between the US and UK systems? Nicoleelkins (talk) 22:47, 16 February 2018 (UTC)
Until PPACA, there was essentially zero federal regulation of health insurance. Yet this article has no discussion of state regulation and variations. Not saying I'm going to fix it, but it'll need to be addressed... II | (t - c) 05:24, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
Some interesting things happening that could be covered:
II | (t - c) 06:29, 28 November 2018 (UTC)
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