Who bears the consequences of administrative problems in health care? We use data on
repeated interactions between a large sample of US physicians and many different insurers …

Regulations to design private yet publicly sponsored health insurance markets are
increasingly adopted in many OECD countries. Here I combine data and economic theory to …

We present and empirically implement an equilibrium labor market search model where risk-
averse workers facing medical expenditure shocks are matched with firms making health …

This paper studies how changes in hospital ownership after private equity (PE) buyouts
impact hospital–insurer price negotiations and patient welfare. Estimating an empirical …

The US health-care system in based on markets, but those markets do not perform as well
as they could or should. One of the major reasons for this is lack of competition. There has …

Public programs frequently use observable characteristics of recipients, such as income, to
target benefits. We show theoretically that when the provision of the subsidized good is …

Health care is becoming increasingly unaffordable for both individuals and employers and
prices vary in nearly incomprehensible ways that do not correlate with quality. In many …

Abstract Objective To examine whether Medicaid managed care plan (MCP) utilization
management policies for buprenorphine–naloxone and injectable naltrexone are related to …

Health insurer medical loss ratios (MLRs) are the percentage of premium dollar spent on
medical claims and healthcare quality improvement expenses (QIEs). QIEs include activities …

This paper examines how physicians respond to financial incentives in China. Faced with
the requirement to lower drug expenditure as a percentage of the total medical expenditure …