3 ms·
I'm honestly curious how we square this with the only experimental evidence we have on cost-sharing in the US, like the Oregon Medicaid Study and the RAND study
by whimsicalism 2mo ago
I'm honestly curious how we square this with the only experimental evidence we have on cost-sharing in the US, like the Oregon Medicaid Study and the RAND study which showed no impact on mortality or really any physical health outcomes at all.
- loeg 2mo agoUHC proponents are just excessively optimistic about impact on health outcomes.
- jacquesm 2mo agoNo, they are excessively optimistic about the financial outcomes. Healthcare should not bankrupt people.
- whimsicalism 2mo agoThis study appears to just take observational mortality averages between insured and uninsured and then assume that UHC would close the gap. Patently absurd imo, but I guess I'm not a healthcare economist.
- loeg 2mo agoThey're excessively optimistic (as in, unrealistic) about both. (Healthcare mostly doesn't bankrupt people -- the vast majority are insured, and the rest pay ~nothing.)