Adverse selection and the challenges to stand-alone prescription drug insurance
Pauly MV;Zeng Y;;
frontiers in health policy research2004Vol. 7pp. -
262
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Abstract
This paper investigates a possible predictor of adverse selection problems in unsubsidized stand-alone prescription drug insurance: the persistence of an individual's high spending over multiple years. Using Medstat claims data and data from the Medicare Survey of Current Beneficiaries, we find that …