The Consequences of Health Care Privatization: Evidence from Medicare Advantage Exits

There is considerable controversy over the use of private insurers to deliver public health insurance benefits. We investigate the consequences of patients enrolling in Medicare Advantage (MA), privately managed care organizations that compete with the traditional fee-for-service Medicare program. W...

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Main Authors: Duggan, Mark (Author), Vabson, Boris (Author), Gruber, Jonathan (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Economics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Economic Association, 2018-03-09T20:29:07Z.
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