Breast cancer is the most prevalent female cancer in the US. Incidence rates are similar for
white and black women but mortality rates are higher for black women. This study draws on …

Since 2009, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has distributed quality
star ratings for Medicare Advantage (MA) contracts to better inform Medicare-eligible …

This article examines how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) would change financial resources
for and transfers to the previously uninsured if they were to purchase coverage in the ACA …

ABSTRACT The Affordable Care Act (ACA) reformed and expanded healthcare coverage
with an exchange-based health insurance program. While millions of Americans have …

Objective To evaluate the impact of the 2006 Massachusetts health reform, the model for the
Affordable Care Act, on short‐term enrollment and utilization in the unsubsidized individual …

This article critically examines the pertinent issues in ex ante and ex post moral hazard in
healthcare markets, with the US Affordable Care Act (ACA) as its focal point of inquiry. First …

We examine the response of Medicare Advantage contracts to published quality ratings. We
identify the effect of star ratings on premiums using a regression discontinuity design that …

The tax legislation enacted in December 2017 repealed the tax penalty associated with the
individual mandate—the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirement that people who do not …

This report describes tax-based approaches to subsidizing health insurance enrollment in
the individual insurance market. We summarize different ways of structuring tax credits or …

The US Congress passed and President Obama signed the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act ('Affordable Care Act'or 'ACA') in March 2010, completing what is …