Centro de Documentación de Fundación MAPFRE - Restrictive rating and adverse selection in health insurance

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Restrictive rating and adverse selection in health insurance / Patricia H. Born, E. Tice Sirmans

Sumario: Recent healthcare reform in the United States, including rating restrictions, imposed substantial changes to health insurer operations. We provide evidence of the presence of adverse selection following the enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010. Using a unique dataset consisting of information on health insurance plans from multiple health insurers, across states for the years 20132017, we document a statistically significant correlation between coverage and risk, indicating the presence of adverse selection, that varies over time in both the individual and group markets for health insurance

En: The Journal of risk and insurance. - Nueva York : The American Risk and Insurance Association, 1964- = ISSN 0022-4367. - 01/12/2020 Volumen 87 Número 4 - diciembre 2020 , p. 919-933

1. Seguro de salud . 2. Selección adversa . 3. Mercado de seguros . 4. Análisis estadístico . 5. Estados Unidos . I. Tice Sirmans, E. . II. Título.