Workers on the Margin: Who Drops Health Coverage When Prices Rise?
We revisit the question of price elasticity of employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) take-up by directly examining changes in the take-up of ESI at a large firm in response to exogenous changes in employee premium contributions. We find that, on average, a 10% increase in the employee's out-of-poc...
Main Authors: | Edward N. Okeke, Richard A. Hirth, Kyle Grazier |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2010-02-01
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Series: | Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5034/inquiryjrnl_47.01.33 |
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