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Putnam's seminal work on social capital focused on early forms of health insurance as both a result, and accelerator, of the norms of reciprocity and social trust that foster cooperation. Yet, while social capital has been studied as a factor supporting community‐based health insurance in developing countries, there has been no analysis of its role in U.S. health insurance. With repeal of the mandate to carry health insurance, this product is once again a purely voluntary purchase, and bears analysis as a cooperation problem. Putnam later documented a sharp decline in social capital in the United States. If social capital undergirds participation in health insurance, we can expect reduced reciprocity to lower willingness to cross‐subsidize the sick. Waning social capital could also manifest itself in reduced trust that other healthy people will purchase insurance and lack of trust in the providers and manufacturers who make claims on the insurance pool. El trabajo fundamental de Putnam sobre el capital social se centró en las formas tempranas de seguro de salud como resultado y acelerador de las normas de reciprocidad y confianza social que fomentan la cooperación. Sin embargo, si bien se ha estudiado el capital social como un factor que respalda el seguro médico comunitario en los países en desarrollo, no se ha realizado un análisis de su papel en el seguro médico estadounidense. Con la derogación del mandato de contratar un seguro médico, este producto vuelve a ser una compra puramente voluntaria y soporta el análisis como un problema de cooperación. Putnam documentó más tarde una fuerte caída del capital social en Estados Unidos. Si el capital social sustenta la participación en el seguro de salud, podemos esperar una menor reciprocidad para disminuir la disposición a subsidiar a los enfermos. La disminución del capital social también podría manifestarse en una menor confianza en que otras personas sanas comprarán seguros y en la falta de confianza en los proveedores y fabricantes que hacen reclamaciones sobre el fondo común de seguros. 普特南 (Putnam)在社會資本方面的開創性工作側重於早期形式的醫療保險, 既是促進合作的互惠和社會信任規範的結果, 又是其加速器。然而, 儘管在發展中國家研究了社會資本作為支持基於社區的健康保險的因素, 但尚未對其在美國健康保險中的作用進行分析。取消了攜帶健康保險的授權後, 該產品再次成為純自願購買的產品, 並作為合作問題進行了分析。後來, Putnam記錄了美國社會資本的急劇下降。如果社會資本阻礙了人們參加健康保險, 我們可以期望互惠度降低, 從而降低了對患者進行交叉補貼的意願。社會資本的減少也可能表現為對其他健康人會購買保險的信任度降低, 而對向保險池提出索賠的提供者和製造商則缺乏信任。
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Jackson Williams, 2020.
"Health Insurance in an Era of Declining Social Capital,"
World Affairs, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 183(4), pages 343-358, December.
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RePEc:wly:woraff:v:183:y:2020:i:4:p:343-358
DOI: 10.1177/0043820020964220
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