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Cost-sharing and use of health services in Italy : evidence from a fuzzy regression discontinuity design

Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2016

We use a Regression Discontinuity Design (RDD) to evaluate the impact of cost-sharing on the use of health services. In the Italian health system, individuals reaching age 65 and earning low incomes are given total exemption from cost-sharing for health services consumption. Since the...

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Generalized insurer bargaining

Arie, Guy; Grieco, Paul L. E.; Rachmilevitch, Shiran - 2017

Intermediaries may bargain with several upstream providers on behalf of consumers who do not directly pay for consumption, such as an insurer bargaining with hospitals. We show that the common Nash- in-Nash solution, while useful for estimation, can predict Nash overpricing: prices that exceed...

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Health insurance, endogenous medical progress, and health expenditure growth

Frankovic, Ivan; Kuhn, Michael - 2018

We study the impact of health insurance expansion in the US on health expenditure, longevity growth and welfare in an overlapping generations economy in which individuals purchase health care to lower mortality. We consider three sectors: final goods production; a health care sector, selling...

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How do low-income enrollees in the affordable care act marketplaces respond to cost sharing?

Lavetti, Kurt; DeLeire, Thomas C.; Ziebarth, Nicolas R. - 2023

The Affordable Care Act requires insurers to offer cost sharing reductions (CSRs) to low-income consumers on the Marketplaces. We link 2013-2015 All-Payer Claims Data to 2004-2013 administrative hospital discharge data from Utah and exploit policy-driven differences in the actuarial value of CSR...

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The cost of health insurance and entry into entrepreneurship

Fossen, Frank M.; Hossain, Md Mobarak; Mukhopadhyay, Sankar - 2021

Unavailable or expensive health insurance may hinder the transition of individuals from paid employment to … investigate how much the cost of health insurance when leaving paid employment - given availability of health insurance - matters … HIX plan by $100 per month decreases the annual probability of entry into self-employment by 0.25 percentage points, which …

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The right to health and the health effects of denials

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Fernández, Manuel - 2021

We estimate the health costs of supply-side barriers to accessing medical care. The setting is Colombia, where citizens have a constitutional right to health care, but insurance companies that manage delivery impose restrictions on access. We use administrative data on judicial claims for health...

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Attention please! : health plan choice and (in-)attention

Bischof, Tamara; Gerfin, Michael; Müller, Tobias - 2021

access to formal employment, and face partial mobility restrictions, we find that total crime per person (including natives …

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Savings Needed to Fund Health Insurance and Health Care Expenses in Retirement : Findings from a Simulation Model

Fronstin, Paul; Salisbury, Dallas; VanDerhei, Jack - 2008

This paper provides estimates for savings needed to cover health insurance to supplement Medicare and out-of-pocket expenses for health care services in retirement. It finds that a male age 65 in 2008 and retiring at age 65 will need anywhere from $64,000 to $159,000 in savings to cover health...

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Savings Needed to Fund Health Insurance and Health Care Expenses in Retirement

Fronstin, Paul - 2008

This paper examines the cost of health insurance and health care expenses in retirement. It examines recent trends in private- and public-sector retiree health benefits and the impact of these trends on current and future retirees. It also presents options that retirees currently have to...

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Should the coinsurance rate be increased in the case of the common cold? : An analysis based on an original survey

Ōkusa, Yasushi (contributor); Ii, Masako (contributor) - 2002 - [Elektronische Ressource]

This article examines the choice of health care in Japan by patients suffering from the common cold. Original data were obtained from a survey conducted by the authors. Empirical results show that the price elasticity of demand for medical services is between 0.23 and 0.36. This estimated price...

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