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Urban Institute
Nonprofit•Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States•
About: Urban Institute is a nonprofit organization based out in Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Medicaid & Population. The organization has 927 authors who have published 2330 publications receiving 86426 citations.
Topics: Medicaid, Population, Health care, Poison control, Health policy
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TL;DR: Between 2000 and 2004, the number of uninsured Americans increased by six million, primarily because of a decline in employer-sponsored insurance, primarily among adults, for whom the drop in employer coverage was not offset by an increase in public coverage.
Abstract: Between 2000 and 2004, the number of uninsured Americans increased by six million, primarily because of a decline in employer-sponsored insurance. All of the increase occurred among adult...
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TL;DR: This paper expands on the earlier work to estimate the impacts of health reform in Massachusetts using new data and a stronger research design and relies on data over time for Massachusetts and other states from the Current Population Survey to estimate difference-in-differences (DD) models.
Abstract: In April 2006, Massachusetts enacted a comprehensive health care reform bill that seeks to move the state to near universal insurance coverage. The bill included expanded eligibility for public coverage, subsidized insurance, market reforms, requirements for employers, and, most controversial, an individual mandate. A study of the early impacts of the state's initiative found evidence of a substantial drop in uninsurance--from 13 to 7 percent for nonelderly adults (Long 2008). Because that study relied on a simple pre-post comparison, it is possible that the estimates of the impact of health reform reflect both the changes under health reform and factors beyond health reform that changed over the same period, leading to biased estimates of the impacts of reform (Lawrence B. Mohr 1995). This paper expands on the earlier work to estimate the impacts of health reform in Massachusetts using new data and a stronger research design. Specifically, we rely on data over time for Massachusetts and other states from the Current Population Survey (CPS) to estimate difference-in-differences (DD) models (Jeffrey M. Wooldridge 2002).
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MetroHealth1, Harvard University2, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill3, University of Miami4, Boston College5, Kettering Health Network6, University of Pennsylvania7, University of Massachusetts Boston8, Emory University9, Pennsylvania State University10, Loma Linda University11, Johns Hopkins University12, Urban Institute13
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyze the challenges of designing a real-world carbon tax from a public finance perspective, emphasizing three tax policy design issues: setting the tax rate, collecting the tax, and using the resulting revenue.
Abstract: A carbon tax is a promising tool for discouraging the greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. In principle, a well-designed tax could reduce the risk of climate change, minimize the cost of emissions reductions, encourage innovation in low-carbon technologies, and raise new public revenue. But designing a real-world carbon tax poses significant challenges. We analyze those challenges from a public finance perspective, emphasizing three tax policy design issues: setting the tax rate, collecting the tax, and using the resulting revenue. The benefits of a carbon tax will depend on how policymakers address those issues.
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TL;DR: The state of Massachusetts recently enacted a major health reform that could move the state to close to universal health insurance coverage as mentioned in this paper, and the authors describe some of the politics behind the legislation.
Abstract: Massachusetts recently enacted a major health reform that could move the state to close to universal health insurance coverage. We describe some of the politics behind the legislation and...
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Jun Yang | 107 | 2090 | 55257 |
Jesse A. Berlin | 103 | 331 | 64187 |
Joseph P. Newhouse | 101 | 484 | 47711 |
Ted R. Miller | 97 | 384 | 116530 |
Peng Gong | 95 | 525 | 32283 |
James Evans | 69 | 659 | 23585 |
Mark Baker | 65 | 382 | 20285 |
Erik Swyngedouw | 64 | 344 | 23494 |
Richard V. Burkhauser | 63 | 347 | 13059 |
Philip J. Held | 62 | 113 | 21596 |
George Galster | 60 | 226 | 13037 |
Laurence C. Baker | 57 | 211 | 11985 |
Richard Heeks | 56 | 281 | 15660 |
Sandra L. Hofferth | 54 | 163 | 12382 |
Kristin A. Moore | 54 | 265 | 9270 |