Best Practices to Improve Take-up Rates in Health Insurance Programs

The study provides public programs, employers and private insurers with effective best practices used in Medicare, Medicaid, SCHIP, and the private insurance market to improve participation in health insurance coverage. It reviews the extensive literature on approaches to improve participation rates for health insurance coverage and provides conclusions on several particular areas of interest: effective take-up strategies, strategies for special populations, cost-effectiveness, lessons for coverage expansion or health reform initiatives, and recommendations for future research. [57 PDF Pages]