Universal health coverage is a widely shared goal across lower-income countries. We conducted a large-scale, 4-year trial that randomized premiums and subsidies for India's first national, public hospital insurance program, called RSBY. We find substantial demand (~ 60% uptake) even when...

While a large literature examines the immediate and long-run effects of public health insurance, much less is known about the impacts of total program exposure on child developmental outcomes. This paper uses an instrumental variable strategy to estimate the effect of cumulative eligibility gain...

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Children's Health Insurance Program-Past and Future; 1. Origins and Legislation; 2. Implementation; 3. CHIPRA and PPACA; 4. CHIP and the Future; 5. Thoughts to Take Away; Glossary; Bibliography;...

Das Gesundheitsstrukturgesetz (GSG) von 1992 markiert den Beginn wettbewerbsorientierter Reformen der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung (GKV): Kassenwahlfreiheit und Risikostrukturausgleich waren bahnbrechende Weichenstellungen für den Kassenwettbewerb auf dem Versicherungsmarkt, und auch der...