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Gruber, Jonathan - 2008

One of the major social policy issues facing the U.S. in the first decade of the 21st century is the large number of Americans lacking health insurance. This article surveys the major economic issues around covering the uninsured. I review the facts on insurance coverage and the nature of the...

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Social Security and the Evolution of Elderly Poverty

Engelhardt, Gary V. - 2004

We use data from the March 1968-2001 Current Population Surveys to document the evolution of elderly poverty over this … time period, and to assess the causal role of the Social Security program in reducing poverty rates. We develop an … elderly poverty. Our findings suggest that over all elderly families the elasticity of poverty to benefits is roughly unitary …

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Health Insurance for Poor Women and Children in the U.S : Lessons from the Past Decade

Gruber, Jonathan - 1996

to low income women and children, has expanded dramatically over the past decade. This expansion provides a `natural laboratory' for learning about the effect of public health insurance eligibility on insurance coverage, health utilization, and health outcomes. This paper provides an overview of...

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The Impact of Patient Cost-Sharing on the Poor : Evidence from Massachusetts

Chandra, Amitabh - 2012

Greater patient cost-sharing could help reduce the fiscal pressures associated with insurance expansion by reducing the scope for moral hazard. But it is possible that low-income recipients are unable to cut back on utilization wisely and that, as a result, higher cost-sharing will lead to worse...

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