RAND HIE – Healthcare Economist

Medicaid coverage increases utilization and improves quality

2011-07-08Jason ShafrinLeave a comment

A RAND HIE for Medicaid? “In 2008, a group of uninsured low-income adults in Oregon was selected by lottery to be given the chance to apply for Medicaid…In the year after random assignment, the treatment group selected by the lottery was about 25 percentage points more likely to have insurance than the control group that…

The truth about the RAND HIE

2007-11-15Jason Shafrin4 Comments

Recently, there has been much controversy regarding whether or not the RAND Health Insurance Experiment (HIE) results are truly robust. Many blogs have been questioning the results (see here, here and here). One of the major conclusions of the HIE are that higher co-insurance rates lead to lower levels of medical utilization and lower medical…