Health Care Reform or More Affordable Health Care?

dc.contributorEscolas::EPGE
dc.contributorFGV
dc.creatorFerreira, Pedro Cavalcanti
dc.creatorGomes, Diego Braz Pereira
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-05T14:31:55Z
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-22T13:42:32Z
dc.date.available2016-07-05T14:31:55Z
dc.date.available2019-05-22T13:42:32Z
dc.date.created2016-07-05T14:31:55Z
dc.date.issued2016-06-17
dc.identifier0104-8910
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10438/16647
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/2685587
dc.description.abstractThis article investigates the impact on the U.S. economy of making health care more affordable. We compare health care cost reductions with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) using a rich life cycle general equilibrium model with heterogeneous agents. We found that all policies were able to reduce uninsured population, but the PPACA was the most effective: in the long run, less than 5% of Americans would remain uninsured. Cost reductions alleviated the government budget, while tax hikes were needed to finance the reform. Feasible cost reductions are less welfare improving than the PPACA.
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherFundação Getulio Vargas. Escola de Pós-graduação em Economia
dc.relationEnsaios Econômicos;780
dc.subjectAffordable health care
dc.subjectHealth care reform
dc.subjectHealth care costs
dc.subjectHealth insurance
dc.subjectGeneral equilibrium
dc.subjectPolicy evaluation
dc.titleHealth Care Reform or More Affordable Health Care?
dc.typeDocumentos de trabajo


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