title: Trying new solutions. Consumer-driven health plans aim to make patients frugal shoppers. Critics say the plans are steering Americans toward even higher costs.
authors.forename: Laura B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Benko
mesh_terms: D003258:Consumer Behavior / Q000191:economics*; D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D003657:Decision Making; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D017049:Employer Health Costs / Q000639:trends; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007250:Inflation, Economic; D014481:United States