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spending needs and the role of the Medicaid program. We arrive at three conclusions. First, we find that nationwide, and over … expected increases in state Medicaid costs. There is a difference in timing, however, as projected relief funds are more …' exposure to increases in Medicaid program costs. Third, we evaluate the extent to which federal aid has been targeted at states …
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such interaction, namely the relationship between Medicaid eligibility thresholds and the minimum wage. A minimum wage … increase reduces the number of hours a low-skilled individual can work while retaining Medicaid eligibility. We show that the … frictions, affected workers may maintain Medicaid eligibility through small reductions in hours of work. With frictions …
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I study the channels through which health insurance influences medical innovation. Following Medicare and Medicaid …
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Over the last decade, the U.S. Medicare program has added new billing codes to enhance the financial rewards for Chronic Care Management and Transitional Care Management. We analyze the effects of introducing these new billing codes. First, we provide evidence on the adoption of the new codes by...
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The long-run costs and benefits of social insurance expansions may not be realized until a program has been in place through a cycle of boom, bust, and recovery. In the case of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the arrival of the program's inaugural bust and recovery have been hastened by the...
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Proposals to create a national health care plan such as "Medicare for All" rely heavily on reducing the prices that insurers pay for health care. These changes affect physicians' short-run incentives for care provision and may also change health care providers' incentives to invest in capacity,...
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We analyze potential reforms to Medicaid financing through the lens of fiscal federalism. Because substantial dollars … show that changes in Medicaid financing formulas can shift amounts exceeding several hundred dollars per capita from … adjustment over short time horizons. We next show that alternative Medicaid financing structures have significant implications …
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Why do private insurers closely link their physician payment rates to the Medicare fee schedule despite its well-known limitations? We ask to what extent this relationship reflects the use of Medicare's relative price menu as a benchmark, in order to reduce transaction costs in a complex pricing...
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We demonstrate Medicare's influence on private insurers' payments for physicians' services. Using a large administrative change in payments for surgical versus medical care, we find that private prices follow Medicare's lead. A $1 change in Medicare's fees moved private prices by $1.16. A second...
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This paper advances the use of pre-analysis plans in non-experimental research settings. In a study of recent minimum wage changes, we demonstrate how analyses of medium- and long-run impacts of policy interventions can be pre-specified as extensions to short-run analyses. Further, our...
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