Choice and Price Competition in Health Insurance Markets

Choice and Price Competition in Health Insurance Markets | NBER

Researchers Richard Frank and Karine Lamiraud draw insights about the value of choice in health insurance markets from the case of Switzerland.

Choice, price competition and complexity in markets for health ...

The U.S. and other nations rely on consumer choice and price competition between competing health insurance plans to allocate resources in the health sector.

NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES CHOICE, PRICE COMPETITION ...

We make use of panel. Page 4. 4 data based on Swiss health insurance markets and a survey of insured individuals to explore switching behavior and consumer ...

Choice, price competition, and complexity in markets for health ...

The United States and other nations rely on consumer choice and price competition among competing health plans to allocate resources in the health sector.

Making Choice and Competition Work in Individual Insurance

Conclusion: Markets can deliver efficient premiums, access to care, and consumer satisfaction but only when they are carefully designed and ...

Competition in health insurance: A comprehensive study of U.S. ...

More Insurers Lower Premiums: Evidence from Initial Pricing in the Health Insurance Marketplaces. ... of competition in health insurance markets. Our data are ...

Competition and Choice in the Health Insurance Marketplaces, 2014 ...

Prior studies found that the Marketplaces offered a variety of affordable plans in 2014. ... In addition, Marketplaces with a greater number of ...

Competition in Health Care: More Choices, Better Quality, and…

Every American deserves access to affordable, comprehensive, high-quality coverage and care. But health care prices and costs continue to ...

Choice and price competition in health insurance markets - PubMed

Choice and price competition in health insurance markets. Natl Bur Econ Res Bull Aging Health. 2008:(2):2-3. PMID: 18788135. No abstract available. MeSH terms.

Choice, price competition and complexity in markets for health ...

While a great deal of research has examined the efficiency consequences of adverse selection in health insurance markets, less attention has been devoted to ...

Enabling Choice and Competition in Healthcare Markets - GovInfo

syncratic features of the healthcare sector—like consumer ignorance of quality, and the lack of price sensitivity resulting from health insurance—would lead to.

Making Choice and Competition Work in Individual Insurance in ...

Evidence from a range of insurance markets implies that if competition is to focus on price and not on selection of healthy enrollees, essential health benefits.

Choice, Price Competition and Complexity in Markets for Health ...

A great deal of research has examined the efficiency consequences of adverse selection in health insurance markets, less attention has been devoted to other ...

Health Insurance and Competition in Health Care Markets

Hence, when opting to sell through insurance innovators shift from spot-price competition over the marginal consumers, to competition in the option market over ...

Competition in health care research | American Medical Association

A key question of public policy is whether health insurance markets are competitive or whether insurers have market power, which can harm consumers and health ...

Competition in the Health Care Marketplace

Competition in health care markets benefits consumers because it helps contain costs, improve quality, and encourage innovation.

Choice, Price Competition and Complexity in Markets for Health ...

The United States and other nations rely on consumer choice and price competition among competing health plans to allocate resources in the ...

Quality Competition, Insurance, and Consumer Choice in Health ...

or managed care plans, by relaxing price competition between hospi- tals; the high resulting margins induce hospitals to compete for market share through ...

Adverse Selection, Price Sensitivity, and Instability in Insurance ...

Markets have the potential to inject choice and competition into health insurance, but well-known market failures may make market competition less efficient.

Creating a New Competitive Health Insurance Marketplace - CMS

By increasing competition between insurance companies and allowing individuals and small businesses to band together to purchase insurance, the ...