Michael A. Morrisey is a professor in the Department of Health Care Organization and Policy in the School of Public Health of the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
An Introduction
History of Health Insurance in the United States
p. 3
A Summary of Insurance Coverage
p. 21
The Demand for Health Insurance
p. 33
Issues of Adverse Selection
Adverse Selection
p. 49
Underwriting and Rate Making
p. 61
Risk Adjustment
p. 77
Issues of Moral Hazard
Moral Hazard and Prices
p. 93
Utilization Management
p. 117
Managed Care and Selective Contracting
Selective Contracting: Managed Care and Hospitals
p. 131
Managed Care and Physicians
p. 147
Managed Care Backlash, Provider Consolidation, Monopsony Power, and Most Favored Nation Clauses
p. 157
Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
Premium Sensitivity for Health Insurance
p. 177
Compensating Differentials
p. 189
Taxes and Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
p. 203
Employers as Agents
p. 217
Special Topics in Health Insurance
Health Savings Accounts and Consumer-Driven Health Plans
p. 235
The Small-Group Market
p. 253
Health Insurance Regulation
p. 271
The Individual Insurance Market
p. 287
High-Risk Pools
p. 303
Medicare, Medicaid, and Private Coverage
An Overview of Medicare
p. 315
Retiree Coverage
p. 333
Medicaid, "Crowd-Out," and Long-Term Care Insurance
p. 349
An Endnote - A Course Summary
p. 367
References
p. 369
Name Index
p. 393
Subject Index
p. 399
About the Author
p. 409
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