Families with Chronic Conditions in High-Deductible Health Plans Facing Substantial Financial Burden

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Do families with chronic conditions in high-deductible health plans face greater financial burden than those in traditional plans? Alison Galbraith, M.D., of Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, and colleagues compared 151 families in high-deductible health plans with 345 families in traditional plans. They found that families with chronic conditions in high-deductible health plans were more likely to experience financial burden than families with chronic conditions in traditional health plans.