Narrow Networks on the Health Insurance Exchanges: What Do They Look Like and How Do They Affect Pricing? A Case Study of Texas.

The Affordable Care Act has engendered significant changes in the design of health insurance products. We examine the 'narrowness' of hospital networks affiliated with plans offered in the first year of the marketplaces. Using data from Texas, we find limited evidence of a tight link between pricing...

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Publicado en:	American Economic Review Vol. 105; no. 5; pp. 110 - 115
Autores principales:	Dafny, Leemore, Hendel, Igal, Wilson, Nathan
Formato:	Case Study
Publicado:	American Economic Association May2015
Materias:	Texas Hospitals Medical care costs Health insurance exchanges Texas state politics & government Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act Mathematical models Logits Twenty-first century
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