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geography of consumer financial health. Exploiting the nearly universal eligibility for Medicare at age 65, we find a 30 percent … reduction in the level of debts in collections with limited effects on other financial outcomes. Medicare reduces the geographic …
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geography of consumer financial health. Exploiting the nearly universal eligibility for Medicare at age 65, we find a 30 percent … reduction in the level of debts in collections with limited effects on other financial outcomes. Medicare reduces the geographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012619488
We evaluate the effect of health insurance on the incidence of negative income shocks using the tax data and survey responses of nearly 14,000 low income households. Us-ing a regression discontinuity (RD) design and variation in the cost of nongroup pri-vate health insurance under the Affordable...
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.Data sources: US Medicare claims data from 2007 to 2018.Study Design: We focus on the gradual elimination of the Medicare ….7; severe mental disorders: -$435.97, common mental disorders: -$366.29; general Medicare population: -$183.87). The policy also …
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A main goal of health insurance is to smooth out the financial risk that comes with health shocks and health care. Nevertheless, there has been relatively sparse evidence on how health insurance affects financial outcomes. The few studies that exist focus on the effect of gaining health...
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This paper investigates the short-run impact of public insurance expansion under the Affordable Care Act on out-of-pocket medical spending (OOP) and risk exposure among low-income, eligible households as well as the incidence of the cost of providing insurance. Using data from the Medical...
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This paper examines the impact of health insurance expansion on medical liability costs using the case of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) Medicaid expansion. Medicaid expansion has increased the demand for medical services, but in doing so it may also have increased physicians' liability in...
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During each annual election period, from November 15 to December 31, individuals enrolled in valid Medicare … prescription drug plans (PDPs) can switch to another plan. Those who are eligible for Medicare Part D but are not enrolled can also …. Financial planners can help clients evaluate and enroll in PDPs by utilizing Medicare's Prescription Drug Plan Finder (Finder …
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A primary purpose of health insurance is to protect families from medical expenditure risk. Despite this goal and despite the fact that research has found that Medicaid can crowd out private coverage, little is known about the effect of Medicaid on families' spending patterns. This paper...
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