Health Insurance

The U.S. health insurance model frequently costs more and provides less care than systems in other Western nations. RAND's health insurance research began in 1971 with the 15-year Health Insurance Experiment, the only community-based experimental study of how cost-sharing arrangements affect people’s use of health services, their quality of care, and their health status. Subsequent research has continued to inform the U.S. policy debate.

Research conducted by: RAND Health; RAND Institute for Civil Justice

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Cost and Coverage Implications of the Affordable Care Act

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The ACA's goal of expanding access to health coverage has implications for health care costs at many levels: how it will affect individual decisions to obtain insurance, employer decisions about offering coverage, and government spending.

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Abby Alpert

Associate Economist
Ph.D. in economics, University of Maryland; B.S. in mathematics and economics, University of Chicago

Sebastian Bauhoff

Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in health economics, Harvard University; M.P.A. in international development, Harvard University; B.Sc. in economics with economic history, London School of Economics

Bernadette Benjamin

Research Programmer
M.S. in biostatistics, University of Washington; B.S. in mathematics (statistics), University of Washington

Lisa Bernard

Research Editor
J.D. in law, University of Pittsburgh; M.A. in education, College of William and Mary; B.A. in philosophy, College of William and Mary

Jim Burgdorf

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School; B.A. in public policy, administration, and analysis, New College of Florida

Amado Cordova

Senior Engineer
B.S. in physics, Univ Autonoma Metropolitana; Ph.D. in electrical engineering, Stanford University; M.S. in electrical engineering, Stanford University; M.S. in electrical engineering, Ecole Superieure d'Electricite

Fabian Duarte

Associate Economist; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. and M.A. in economics, Yale University; M.A. in economics, University of Chile

Christine Eibner

Economist
Ph.D. in economics, University of Maryland, College Park

Jose J. Escarce

Adjunct Health Researcher
M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine; Ph.D., Health Care Systems, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School

Donna O. Farley

Adjunct Senior Health Policy Researcher (retired); Former Codirector, RAND-University of Pittsburgh Health Institute
Ph.D. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.P.H. in environmental health management, University of Illinois; B.A. in biology, Coe College

Ning Fu

Assistant Policy Analyst
M.Phil. in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in public policy, administration, and analysis, University of Southern California; B.A. in management, Beijing Institute of Technology

Dana P. Goldman

Affiliated Adjunct Staff; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in economics, Stanford University; B.A. in economics, Cornell University

Geoffrey F. Joyce

Codirector, UCLA/RAND Health Services Research Training Program
Ph.D. in economics, City University of New York; M.P.P., University of Michigan; B.A., Connecticut College

Srikanth Kadiyala

Economist
Ph.D. in health policy/economics, Harvard University

Hangsheng Liu

Policy Researcher; Faculty, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in health services research and policy, University of Rochester; M.S. in social medicine and health management, Fudan University; B.Med. (medical degree), Shanghai Medical University

M. Susan Marquis

Adjunct Staff
Ph.D. in economics, University of Michigan

Glenn Melnick

Adjunct Staff; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in urban and regional planning, University of Michigan

Andrew Mulcahy

Policy Researcher, Assoc
Ph.D. in health care management and economics, The Wharton School; M.P.P. in health policy, The Johns Hopkins University; A.B. in molecular biology and public policy, Princeton University

Daniel A. Relles

Adjunct Staff
Ph.D. in statistics, Yale University

Evan Saltzman

Project Associate
MS in operations research, Georgia Institute of Technology; BS in economics and mathematics (dual major), College of William & Mary

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