News
National Journal | Oregon Advances Health Exchange Grant
Republicans in Oregon's House reached a last-minute deal with Democrats on Tuesday to push forward a bill that would allow the state to accept a $48 million federal grant for the technology to set up a health insurance exchange, the Associated Press reports.
National Journal | Most Families Can Afford Coverage Under Health Law, but Poor Still Lag
Federal assistance available under the health reform law will make private insurance affordable to 90 percent of Americans living above the poverty line even though poorer people may end up struggling more to pay out-of-pocket costs, a new report by the Commonwealth Fund found.
Econ Comments
WSJ | Medicare As We've Known It Isn't an Option
Paul Ryan's premium support plan is preferable to Obama's rationing panel.
Reports
NBER | The Demand for Health Insurance Among Uninsured Americans: Results of a Survey Experiment and Implications for Policy
Most existing work on the price elasticity of demand for health insurance focuses on employees’ decisions to enroll in employer-provided plans. Yet any attempt to achieve universal coverage must focus on the uninsured, the vast majority of whom are not offered employer-sponsored insurance.
