Insurance Expansions: Do They Hurt Those They Are Designed To Help?

dc.contributor.authorRichman, Barak D.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:01:50Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:01:50Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractSeeking to redress health disparities across income and race, many policy-makers mandate health insurance benefits, presuming that equalized benefits will help equalize use of beneficial health services. This paper tests that presumption by measuring health care use by a diverse population with comprehensive health insurance. Focusing on use of mental health care and pharmaceuticals, it finds that even when insurance benefits and access are constant, whites and those with high incomes consume more of these benefits than other people do. This suggests that privileged classes extract more health care services even when everyone pays equal premiums for equal insurance coverage.
dc.description.urihttps://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.26.5.1345
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/fmqd-xx25
dc.identifier.citationRichman, Barak D. (2007) Insurance Expansions: Do They Hurt Those They Are Designed To Help? Health Affairs, 26 (5). pp. 1345-1357.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 1169
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23091
dc.subjectAccess To Healthcare
dc.subjectDisparities
dc.subjecthealth disparities
dc.subjectequalized benefits
dc.subjectbeneficial health services
dc.subjecthealth insurance
dc.subjectinsurance benefits
dc.titleInsurance Expansions: Do They Hurt Those They Are Designed To Help?
dc.typeArticle

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