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Righting the scales: the search for balance in health care

Regional Review , Issue Fall , Pages 20-24

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All is not well

FRBSF Economic Letter

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Medical care prices indexes

Economic Quarterly , Issue Fall , Pages 69-89

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Productivity in heart attack treatments

FRBSF Economic Letter

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Desperately seeking savings: weighing costs and benefits in medicine

Regional Review , Issue Win , Pages 13-18

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Our money or your life : indemnities vs. deductibles in health insurance

When the value of a medical treatment differs across individuals, it may be socially beneficial to treat some, but not all, patients. If individuals are ignorant of their health status ex ante, they should be willing to purchase insurance fully covering treatments for high-benefit patients (Hs) and denying treatment for low-benefit patients (Ls). But if prognoses are observable but not verifiable, insurers may have trouble denying care to Ls. Deductibles force Ls to reveal their status by imposing a marginal cost on treatment, but at a price of incomplete risk-sharing. Lump-sum indemnities ...
Working Paper , Paper 00-04

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The financial burden of health care

Because nearly 46 million Americans have no health insurance, medical debt has been behind many of today?s foreclosures. The author offers potential solutions.
Communities and Banking , Issue Sum , Pages 9-11

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Health spending rises

Cross Sections , Volume 8 , Issue Sum , Pages 12-13

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New England has relied heavily on vulnerable Medicaid financing arrangements

Fiscal Facts , Issue Win , Pages 1-3, 8

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