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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Health Care

News                                                                                                                             
National Journal | HHS: 3 Million Young Adults on Parents' Insurance Policies
More than 3 million young adults have signed up for health insurance on their parents' policies since the health reform law required that insurers cover them, a government report says, boosting the rate of insurance in the age bracket that is least likely to have coverage.
Politico | Health care ruling: What to expect
No matter what the Supreme Court finally rules on the health law, tens of millions of Americans are not going to like it.

Econ Comments & Analysis                                                                                            
NBER | The Impact of Patient Cost-Sharing on the Poor: Evidence from Massachusetts
Greater patient cost-sharing could help reduce the fiscal pressures associated with insurance expansion by reducing the scope for moral hazard. But it is possible that low-income recipients are unable to cut back on utilization wisely and that, as a result, higher cost-sharing will lead to worse health and higher downstream costs through hospitalizations.