The Affordable Care Act and Health Insurance Markets [electronic resource] : Simulating the Effects of Regulation

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eibner, Christine.

Contributor:

Cordova, Amado.

Nowak, Sarah A.

Price, Carter C.

Saltzman, Evan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Economics, Medical.

Health care reform--Economics.

Health policy--Economics.

Medical economics.

Local Subjects:

Economics, Medical.

Health care reform--Economics.

Health policy--Economics.

Medical economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (117 p.)

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica : RAND Corporation, 2013.

Summary:

In this report, the authors estimate the effects of the Affordable Care Act on health insurance enrollment and premiums for ten states (Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Texas) and for the nation overall, with a focus on outcomes in the nongroup and small group markets.

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Summary; Results: Number of Uninsured Individuals; Results: Nongroup Market Enrollment; Results: Nongroup Premiums; Results: Small Group Market Enrollment; Results: Small Group Premiums; Conclusions; Acknowledgments; I. Introduction; II. The Affordable Care Act and the Nongroup and Small Group Markets; III. COMPARE Background; Individual Choices; Firm Choices; Premiums; Medical Loss Ratio; Uncertainty in Premiums; Calibration; State Reweighting; Nongroup Market Adjustments; Small Group Market Adjustments; Exchange Enrollment; Updates

LimitationsComparison to Other Models; IV. Results; Uninsurance; Nongroup Outcomes; Small Group Market; V. Sensitivity Analysis; Risk Pool Construction; Medicaid Expansion; VI. Conclusion; References; Figures; Appendix A: Sensitivity to MLR Assumptions; Appendix B: Key Assumptions

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

0-8330-8124-1

OCLC:

862048036