Poor and uneducated patients may not know what health care is desirable and, if fully insured, have little incentive to minimize the costs of their care. Partly in response to these concerns, most states have moved a substantial portion of their Medicaid caseloads out of traditional competitive...

Poor and uneducated patients may not know what health care is desirable and, if fully insured, have little incentive to minimize the costs of their care. Partly in response to these concerns, most states have moved a substantial portion of their Medicaid caseloads out of traditional competitive...

During the 2009-2010 health care reform debates, many policy makers presumed that a lack of competition in the U.S health insurance industry has resulted in greater levels of uninsurance. However, such a presumption has no basis in current research. This study, with a panel data set of the 50...