Research
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Are High-Deductible Plans a Healthy Option for Patients?
High-deductible health plans may have unintended consequences for patients.
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Stabilizing and Strengthening the Individual Health Insurance Market
Mark Hall examines the causes of instability in the individual market and identifies measures to help improve stability based off of interviews with key stakeholders in 10 states.
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Growing Number of Unsubsidized Part D Beneficiaries with Catastrophic Spending Suggests Need for Out-Of-Pocket Cap
More than one million Part D enrollees who were not eligible for cost assistance reached the catastrophic coverage in 2015.
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Education and Psychosocial Functioning Among Older Adults: 4-Year Change in Sense of Control and Hopelessness
In this study, researchers found a cumulative advantage of higher levels of education for psychosocial functioning in older adults.
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Productivity Benefits of Medical Care: Evidence from US-Based Randomized Clinical Trials
Drug innovation in the last decade increased productivity by 4.8 million work days, resulting in $221 billion in annual wages.
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Disentangling the Stress Process: Race Differences in the Experience of Chronic Stressors
Older blacks and US-born and foreign-born Hispanics report more chronic stress exposure than whites and are two to three times as likely to experience financial strain and housing-related stress.
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Recent Trends in Life Expectancy Across High Income Countries: Retrospective Observational Study
Jessica Ho and Arun Hendi assessed whether declines in life expectancy occurred in other high income countries during 2014-16, the main age groups and causes of death contributing to these declines, and the extent to which these declines were driven by shared or differing factors across countries.
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Economics of the Pharmaceutical Industry
Darius Lakdawalla reviews the economics literature on the pharmaceutical industry, focusing particularly on its positive and normative implications for the innovation, pricing, and marketing decisions of pharmaceutical firms.
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Racial Stratification, Immigration, and Health Inequality: A Life Course-Intersectional Approach
While health inequalities related to race/ethnicity, nativity, and age are well documented, it remains unclear how these axes of stratification combine to shape health trajectories, especially in middle and late life. This study addresses gaps in the literature.
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How did the ACA’s Individual Mandate Affect Insurance Coverage? Evidence from Coverage Decisions by Higher Income People
Matthew Fiedler presents evidence that the ACA’s individual mandate did indeed cause substantial increases in insurance coverage.
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