Calls for the establishment of a “public option,” which emerged during the debate on the Affordable Care Act, have reemerged in this election season. Some proposals base the public option on Medicare, while others on Medicaid. In this article, Wharton professor and LDI Senior Fellow Mark Pauly discusses the likely effects of a public option on private markets, using experience in Medicare Advantage as a guide. Will the public option become the preferred one, sweeping away the private market? Or can the public and private options peacefully coexist
This dissertation consists of two essays in economics of industrial organization on private Medicare...
The United States health care system faces ongoing academic and policy debates concerning the most e...
Despite excitement on the left about a move to universal health care and on the right about a more s...
Calls for the establishment of a “public option,” which emerged during the debate on the Affordable ...
The idea of a public health insurance option is at least a half century old, but has not yet had its...
The United States has seen a sea change in the way that publicly financed health insurance coverage ...
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the weaknesses of the U.S. health care system’s reliance on private, e...
Health care reform is once again in the air. Virtually all Democrats favor some meaningful expansion...
We develop a game-theoretical model to examine the implications of the introduction of a non-profit ...
and Human Services Tom Daschle3 are proposing to offer a new public insurance option to Americans wh...
Reviews features of a reform proposal offering both public and private plans in a government-run pur...
During the 2020 Democratic primary race, the debate over how to reform the United States’ health car...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), signed in 2010, has direct relevance to the field of Public Health th...
Provides an overview of proposals for creating a new public insurance plan as part of healthcare ref...
Following the 2020 presidential election, health care reform discussions have centered on two compet...
This dissertation consists of two essays in economics of industrial organization on private Medicare...
The United States health care system faces ongoing academic and policy debates concerning the most e...
Despite excitement on the left about a move to universal health care and on the right about a more s...
Calls for the establishment of a “public option,” which emerged during the debate on the Affordable ...
The idea of a public health insurance option is at least a half century old, but has not yet had its...
The United States has seen a sea change in the way that publicly financed health insurance coverage ...
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the weaknesses of the U.S. health care system’s reliance on private, e...
Health care reform is once again in the air. Virtually all Democrats favor some meaningful expansion...
We develop a game-theoretical model to examine the implications of the introduction of a non-profit ...
and Human Services Tom Daschle3 are proposing to offer a new public insurance option to Americans wh...
Reviews features of a reform proposal offering both public and private plans in a government-run pur...
During the 2020 Democratic primary race, the debate over how to reform the United States’ health car...
The Affordable Care Act (ACA), signed in 2010, has direct relevance to the field of Public Health th...
Provides an overview of proposals for creating a new public insurance plan as part of healthcare ref...
Following the 2020 presidential election, health care reform discussions have centered on two compet...
This dissertation consists of two essays in economics of industrial organization on private Medicare...
The United States health care system faces ongoing academic and policy debates concerning the most e...
Despite excitement on the left about a move to universal health care and on the right about a more s...