likely to be concentrated at the end of life. At the same time, it is well documented that poverty is 3-4 times more common …

"We seek to investigate whether managed health care can affect mortality, and if so, through which mechanisms. We … estimate the impact of Medicare+Choice (M+C), Medicare's managed care program, on elderly mortality, using a county-level panel … increases mortality while enrollment in managed care with drug coverage has no significant impact, both relative to FFS. The …