The Effects of Reinsurance in Financing Children's Health Care

• Egile Nagusiak: David E.M. Sappington (Egilea), Sema K. Aydede (Egilea), Andrew Dick (Egilea), Bruce Vogel (Egilea), Elizabeth Shenkman (Egilea)
• Formatua: Liburua
• Argitaratua: SAGE Publishing, 2006-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Gaiak: article
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This paper examines the effects of reinsurance on the financial performance of health plans serving enrollees in a State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP). We demonstrate that simple reinsurance policies can reduce substantially the variation in the financial performance of plans with...