Connor Hurley
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Medicare Advantage – An Advantage to Whom?
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Thanks to limited competition, additional Medicaid Advantage payments are captured by insurers and other third parties instead of being passed along to beneficiaries.
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Sharing the Burden: Are Cost Sharing Initiatives as Effective among Individuals with Lower Incomes?
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Who bears the burden of increased patient cost sharing?
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The Power of the (Medicare) Dollar: Changes in Medicare Payments Affect Private Insurance Payouts
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A study of market factors that influence Medicare’s ability to set prices provides interesting and offsetting long term implications.
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No Longer Locked In
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The ACA weakens the link between employers and access to health insurance. What will the labor market implications be?
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Swallowing a Bitter Pill: Expensive Prescriptions Mean Low Adherence
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Low-income patients benefit when physicians prescribe cheaper drugs, but physicians don’t always know how much patients pay.
