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Tax Credits, the Distribution of Subsidized Health Insurance Premiums, and the Uninsured

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  • Pauly Mark V.

    (Department of Health Care Systems, University of Pennsylvania)

  • Herring Bradley

    (Institution for Social and Policy Studies, Yale University)

  • Song David

    (Department of Health Care Systems, University of Pennsylvania)

Abstract

This paper investigates the impact of a$1,000 refundable tax credit for self-only coverage on net premiums and insurance purchases for a representative sample of potential buyers in the individual insurance market. Two methods are used to estimate the distribution of premiums: predicted premiums based on a sample of actual purchasers, and premium quotations drawn from an e-insurance website. In most of the simulations, the net premiums for half or more of the prospective buyers are reduced to zero or low levels. The number of uninsured is reduced by 21 to 85 percent, depending on the size of the deductible in the benchmark plan. However, the results are sensitive to assumptions about insurer underwriting practices.

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  • Pauly Mark V. & Herring Bradley & Song David, 2002. "Tax Credits, the Distribution of Subsidized Health Insurance Premiums, and the Uninsured," Forum for Health Economics & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 5(1), pages 1-22, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:fhecpo:v:5:y:2002:n:5
    DOI: 10.2202/1558-9544.1030
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    1. Merve Cebi & Stephen A. Woodbury, 2014. "Health Insurance Tax Credits, The Earned Income Tax Credit, And Health Insurance Coverage Of Single Mothers," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 23(5), pages 501-515, May.
    2. David W. Emmons & Eva Madly & Stephen A. Woodbury, 2005. "Refundable Tax Credits for Health Insurance: The Sensitivity of Simulated Impacts to Assumed Behavior," Upjohn Working Papers 05-119, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
    3. Mark V. Pauly & Bradley Herring & David Song, 2002. "Health Insurance on the Internet and the Economics of Search," NBER Working Papers 9299, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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    JEL classification:

    • I11 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Analysis of Health Care Markets
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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