How do findings of the Rand Health Insurance Experiment reinforce the relationship between growth in third-party reimbursement a

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How do findings of the Rand Health Insurance Experiment reinforce the relationship between growth in third-party reimbursement a

nd increase in health care costs?

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weqwewe [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-05-17T23:46:55+03:00

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The Rand Health Insurance Experiment supports the relationship between growth in 3rd party reimbursement and increase in health care costs. This plan cost-sharing lowers the total costs compared to a free plan with a 25% patient co-insurance resulted in a 19% decline in expenditures.

In this patients or consumers do not typically pay for the most of health benefits and services used. Cost-sharing leads to lowering utilization costs. It does not affect the morality risk or measures of health even lower utilization case.