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- Title
Health Insurance Expansions and Pharmaceutical Markets.
- Authors
Blume-Kohout, Margaret E.; Sood, Neeraj
- Abstract
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is expected to dramatically increase health insurance coverage in America. In this article, we draw lessons from another recent expansion of insurance -- the Medicare Part D program that provides prescription drug insurance to Medicare beneficiaries -- to examine how the expansion of health insurance under ACA will likely affect pharmaceutical markets. We consider the effects of insurance on pharmaceutical spending, innovation, and marketing. We also highlight how the effects of ACA might differ from the effects of Medicare Part D due to differences in the demographics of the affected populations and specific provisions in the ACA.
- Subjects
UNITED States; PATIENT Protection &; Affordable Care Act; HEALTH insurance; MEDICARE; PHARMACEUTICAL industry
- Publication
Harvard Health Policy Review, 2013, Vol 14, Issue 1, p17
- ISSN
1533-774X
- Publication type
Article