The Structure of Health Insurance and the Erosion of Competition in the Medical Marketplace
Author: Joseph P. Newhouse
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 28
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Author: Joseph P. Newhouse
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 28
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: D. Andrew Austin
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2010-04
Total Pages: 65
ISBN-13: 1437926460
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Carl F. Ameringer
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2008-04-09
Total Pages: 271
ISBN-13: 0520934687
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAmerica's market-based health care system, unique among the nations of the world, is in large part the product of an obscure, yet profound, revolution that overthrew the medical monopoly in the late 1970s. In this lucid, balanced account, Carl F. Ameringer tells how this revolution came into being when the U.S. Supreme Court and Congress prompted the antitrust agencies of the federal government—the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department—to change the rules of the health care system. Ameringer lays out the key events that led up to this regime change; explores its broader social, political, and economic contexts; examines the views of both its proponents and opponents; and considers its current trajectory.
Author: Warren Greenberg
Publisher: Beard Books
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 428
ISBN-13: 9781587981302
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSource of the debate on how much competition and regulation are necessary in the health care industry. This is a reprint of proceedings from a 1977 conference.
Author: Brent C. Jenner
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781617612893
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book discusses how the current health insurance market structure affects the two policy goals of expanding health insurance coverage and containing health care costs. Concerns about concentration in health insurance markets are linked to wider concerns about the cost, quality, and availability of health care. The market structure of the health insurance and hospital industries may have contributed to rising health care costs and deteriorating access to affordable health insurance and health care. Many features of the health insurance market and the ways it links to other parts of the health care system can hinder competition, lead to concentrated markets, and produce inefficient outcomes.
Author: Jean Marie Abraham
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Published: 2001
Total Pages: 146
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John E. Dicken
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2010-06
Total Pages: 13
ISBN-13: 1437921493
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConsolidation in the private health insurance (PHI) industry may be resulting in less competitive markets and contributing to rising health insurance rates paid by consumers and employers. However, measuring the extent of changes in market competition over time or the effects of changes is challenging. Researchers have used the data available to study competition in PHI markets, typically using one of two measures of competition: HMO market concentration; or the number of HMOs in a market. This report summarizes the findings of peer-reviewed research on concentration in PHI markets and the relationship between the level of competition and other variables, such as premium prices and provider reimbursement rates. Illustrations.
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Publisher: DIANE Publishing
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Total Pages: 361
ISBN-13: 1428958010
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jill Mathews Yegain
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-07-23
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 042980024X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1999, this volume responds to a large and growing interest among health policy and research circles on the use of purchasing alliances to leverage change in health care. This book gives detailed and useful specifics on how a leading alliance has fared in California, the most competitive health care market in the United States. Although it is generally accepted that large organizations are more effective purchasers of health insurance, little work has been done to carefully examine the reasons that underlie that phenomenon. Yet, creating interventions and designing potential solutions requires a thorough understanding of the issues. The econometric analysis adds to the limited literature on the influence of premium on choice behaviour for employees of small firms, and introduces an analysis of choice behaviour in a purchasing cooperative setting. The political section of this book presents a much more detailed historical account and analysis of California’s small group market reforms, the most significant health-related legislation in the state in the prior decade, than has been previously available. The conclusions are becoming particularly relevant, both in California and elsewhere, as the issues of reform of the individual market for health insurance comes to the forefront.