This study assesses the factors influencing the movement of people across health plans. We distinguish three types of …

This chapter summarizes the many aspects of public policy for health care. I first consider government policy affecting … internalities justify government action. I then turn to markets for medical care and health insurance. Virtually all governments … provide health insurance for some part of the population. Governments face several fundamental choices in this provision. The …

This paper reviews the public sector role in the provision of health care. A first role of the government is to use tax … correct distortions in markets for medical care and health insurance. Markets for health insurance have traditionally not …

There is considerable controversy about the causes of regional variations in health care expenditures. We use vignettes …, and 12 percent of U.S. health care spending, are associated with physician beliefs unsupported by clinical evidence. …

There are four rationales for health care reform: increasing the efficiency of health delivery; reforming the market … for health insurance; providing universal coverage; and reducing the federal deficit. These goals are reflected in most …

improvements in self-reported health. The association between area education and health increased greatly between 1990 and 2010 … less educated areas. Differences in health-related amenities, ranging from hospital quality to pollution, explain no more … than 17% of the area human capital spillovers on health. Over half of the correlation between area human capital and health …

Background: Policymakers have recently proposed ways of providing health care coverage for an increased number of …

engage in risk reducing behavior are systematically less likely to hold life insurance, acute private health insurance …