Insurance Coverage for Asthma

Insurance Coverage for Asthma
A Value and Quality Checklist for Purchasers of Health Care

Asthma burdens employers and employees alike. Symptoms unnecessarily interrupt daily routines, causing millions of adults and children to miss work and school, have lowered productivity, and use costly urgent medical services. Yet there is good news about asthma: multiple research studies and real-world programs show that high quality prevention-oriented services are cost-effective, improve health, and often reduce overall costs associated with the disease.