Kate Ho

Is health insurance competition good for consumers?

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Less insurer competition can lower hospital prices, but savings may not reach consumers, write Kate Ho and Robin S. Lee.

The dream of many a start-up is having Google or Facebook locked in a bidding war for its technology. Publishers, record labels, and television studios enjoy having both Apple and Amazon competing for their content. And, more generally, competition among […]

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    Physician incentives introduced by the new Accountable Care Organizations could reduce costs of care by 5 percent.

Physician incentives introduced by the new Accountable Care Organizations could reduce costs of care by 5 percent.

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The U.S. spends more on healthcare as a percentage of GDP and on a per capita basis, than any other country in the world, something that aspects of 2010’s Affordable Care Act aim to alleviate. Kate Ho and Ariel Pakes take a close look at the likely effects of Accountable Care Organizations: groups of providers whose payment arrangements give […]

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