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Sure. At the margins, people make adverse health care decisions when they have no money, even if they're insured. Call it the flip side of moral hazard: co-pays
by redler 14y ago
Sure. At the margins, people make adverse health care decisions when they have no money, even if they're insured. Call it the flip side of moral hazard: co-pays, co-insurance, multiple deductibles, and all the other methods insurance companies have invented to be sure everybody has "skin in the game" and ensure economically rational decisions.
I have "good" health insurance, yet I'd have to pay a $150 "advanced imaging fee" for any X-ray (and, I believe, $1500 for a CT or MRI). What's the economically rational decision when you badly twist an ankle and ought to have it examined, but you expected to use that $150 for groceries?