2017. Subsidizing health insurance for low income adults: evidence from Massachusetts. Unpublished mimeoFinkelstein, A., N. Hendren, and M. Shepard (2017): "Subsidizing Health Insurance for Low-Income Adults: Evidence from Massachusetts," .
It is easier to access affordable health insurance for low income single adults or families than ever before. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act or the Obamacare. It is now possible to buy free or low cost healthcare coverage despite people having low or no incomes. A number of subsidized ...
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Using administrative data from Massachusetts' subsidized insurance exchange, we exploit discontinuities in the subsidy schedule to estimate willingness to pay and costs of insurance among low-income adults. As subsidies decline, insurance take-up falls rapidly, dropping about 25% for each $40 increase...
Single national insurance funds are also common, such as those that existed in Croatia and Slovakia. Social health insurance systems are often regarded as preferential to taxation models of funding since budgetary and spending decisions are ring-fenced (that is, funds are reserved specifically for ...
Had government never intervened in the health sector, private insurance companies might already be offering more comprehensive cost-sharing for insulin than congressional Democrats propose, without driving insulin prices higher. Or perhaps insulin prices would be so low that no one would feel the need...
Health insurance enables children to excel at school, adults to work more productively, and Americans of all ages to live longer, healthier lives. When I took office, health care costs had risen rapidly for decades, and tens of millions of Americans were uninsured. Regardless of the political ...
Medicaid: Eligible families with low incomes and people who meet other criteria, which vary by state, can get low-cost or free health insurance through Medicaid. In some states, adults and children are eligible for Medicaid if an adult earns less than 133% of the federal poverty level, which...
The lack of political support in the U.S. for such a system keeps the government from controlling healthcare costs, which drives prices up. Having said that, it's always a good idea to your research to find the besthealth insurance coverageto suit your needs....
The lack of political support in the U.S. for such a system keeps the government from controlling healthcare costs, which drives prices up. Having said that, it's always a good idea to your research to find the besthealth insurance coverageto suit your needs. ...