drive more and more physicians out of the system, it's time for Congress to allow private contracting to play a … nonparticipating physicians, expand the scope of Medigap coverage to include services not covered by Medicare, and liberalize the rules … for opt-out physicians …

national insurance. -- pharmaceuticals ; discrete choice model ; funding-schemes …

it may also have increased physicians' liability in medical practices. By studying medical malpractice insurers …This paper examines the impact of health insurance expansion on medical liability costs using the case of the … significantly higher medical liability costs than those in non-expansion states. While insurers in expansion states did increase …

strong position on the market for health care services. Physicians exert a type of monopolistic power which can be described … counterbalance the strong bargaining position of the physicians. Thus, health care expenditure is higher, financing either extra … profits for physicians or a higher number of them. In addition, health insurers do not have an incentive to contract …

We study the effects of "balance billing", i.e., allowing physicians to charge a fee from patients in addition to the …

, Medicare's regulatory externalities are less well-understood. We study such implications by examining how physicians …