Reports Summarize Health Insurance Findings from University of California (Regulating self-selection into private health insurance in Chile and the…

Reports Summarize Health Insurance Findings from University of California (Regulating self-selection into private health insurance in Chile and the United States)

By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Weekly News -- Research findings on Health Insurance are discussed in a new report. According to news reporting originating from Los Angeles, California, by VerticalNews correspondents, research stated, "In the 1980s, Chile adopted a mixed (public and private) model for health insurance coverage similar to the one recently outlined by the Affordable Care Act in the United States (US). In such a system, a mix of public and private health plans offer nearly universal coverage using a combined approach of managed competition and subsidies for low-income individuals."

Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the University of California, "This paper uses a 'most different' case study design to compare policies implemented in Chile and the US to address self-selection into private insurance. We argue that the implementation of a mixed health insurance system in Chile without the appropriate regulations was complex, and it generated a series of inequities and perverse incentives."

According to the news editors, the research concluded: "The comparison of Chile and the US healthcare reforms examines the different approaches that both countries have used to manage economic competition, address health insurance self-selection and promote solidarity."

For more information on this research see: Regulating self-selection into private health insurance in Chile and the United States. The International Journal of Health Planning and Management, 2015;31(3):e219-34.

The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting A. Vargas Bustamante, Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Keywords for this news article include: California, Los Angeles, United States, Health Insurance, North and Central America.

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