Insight·Apr 10, 2014

Regulation, Risk, and the Affordable Care Act

Pierre-André Chiappori
A crucial but insufficiently discussed aspect of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is a ban on the use of pre-existing conditions for the pricing of health insurance contracts. Pierre-André Chiappori considers the implications of the new regulation, both in its ethical and in its economic dimensions.
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