The Economic Incidence of Health Care Spending in Vermont

doi:10.7249/RR901

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DOI	10.7249/RR901
报告编号	RR-901-SVJFO
	The Economic Incidence of Health Care Spending in Vermont
	Christine Eibner; Sarah A. Nowak; Jodi L. Liu; Chapin White
	2015
出版年	2015
页数	101
语种	英语
国家	美国
出版者	RAND Corporation
领域	资源环境
英文摘要	In 2015, Vermont legislators may consider financing plans to implement Act 48, a law that aims to provide universal health care coverage to all Vermont residents starting in 2017. In this analysis, we estimate the economic incidence of payments for health care by Vermont residents and the value of health care benefits received by Vermont residents in 2012 and 2017, without the implementation of Act 48 reforms. The goal of the analysis was to understand how health care is currently paid for in Vermont, and to provide a baseline for understanding the possible effects of Act 48. We use data from the 2012 Vermont Household Health Interview Survey, the Vermont Health Care Uniform Evaluation and Reporting System, and administrative data on taxes to estimate payments in 2012. We then project these estimates forward to 2017, using the RAND COMPARE microsimulation to account for how health care coverage in Vermont will change as a result of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). We find that most Vermont residents receive more in health benefits than they pay for directly or through taxes. While lower-income individuals, on average, pay less than higher-income individuals, there is considerable variation across individuals in the level of payment for health care. Much of the current variation stems from the fractured nature of the health system, with some individuals receiving coverage through employers, some through the Exchange (i.e., the health insurance marketplace created by the ACA), and some through other sources. As Vermont considers health care reform, legislators may wish to consider options to reduce the degree of variation in payments made by individuals with similar income levels.
英文关键词	Health Care Financing Vermont Economic Burden Of Health Care Health Insurance Students Affordable Care Act
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来源平台	Rand Corporation
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文献类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/4253
专题	资源环境科学
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Christine Eibner,Sarah A. Nowak,Jodi L. Liu,et al. The Economic Incidence of Health Care Spending in Vermont:RAND Corporation,2015.