Replication data for: Controlling Health Care Costs through Limited Network Insurance Plans: Evidence from Massachusetts State Employees
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Jonathan Gruber; Robin McKnight
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Project Citation:
Gruber, Jonathan, and McKnight, Robin. Replication data for: Controlling Health Care Costs through Limited Network Insurance Plans: Evidence from Massachusetts State Employees. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-13. https://doi.org/10.3886/E114622V1
Project Description
Summary:
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We investigate the impact of limited network insurance plans in the
context of the Massachusetts Group Insurance Commission (GIC), the
insurance plan for state employees. Our quasi-experimental analysis
examines the introduction of a major financial incentive to choose
limited network plans that affected a subset of GIC enrollees. We find
that enrollees are very price sensitive in their decision to enroll in
limited network plans. Those who switched spent almost 40 percent
less on medical care. This reflects reductions in the quantity of services
and prices paid per service. The spending reductions came from
specialist and hospital care, while spending on primary care rose.
(JEL G22, H75, I11, I13, J45)
Scope of Project
JEL Classification:
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G22 Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
I11 Analysis of Health Care Markets
I13 Health Insurance, Public and Private
J45 Public Sector Labor Markets
G22 Insurance; Insurance Companies; Actuarial Studies
H75 State and Local Government: Health; Education; Welfare; Public Pensions
I11 Analysis of Health Care Markets
I13 Health Insurance, Public and Private
J45 Public Sector Labor Markets
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