examine the health insurance expansion policy and evaluate economic implications.

HEALTH INSURANCE EXPANSION
July 3, 2019 Off All,

Health Insurance Expansion

Health care market failures, such as adverse selection, can be addressed through government policy and regulation. By limiting barriers and providing access to health care through policy such as the health insurance expansion under the Affordable Care Act, policy makers can address failures and ensure adequate insurance coverage for healthy, unhealthy, and at-risk populations. For this Assignment, you examine the health insurance expansion policy and evaluate economic implications. To prepare for this Assignment: Analyze the rationale for health insurance expansion under the Affordable Care Act. How does health insurance expansion relate to the problem of adverse selection? Consider the economic implications of health insurance expansion in the United States. What are the economic implications of health insurance expansions for health care organizations in your own state or region? Analyze the rationale for health insurance expansion. Include how health insurance expansion relates to the problem of adverse selection. Evaluate economic implications of health insurance expansion in the United States. Include, specifically, how health insurance expansions might impact health care organizations in your own state or region. My selected state is Georgia. Getzen, T. (2015). Health economics for the healthcare administrator (Laureate custom edition). New York: Wiley. Chapter 14, “The Role of Government and Public Goods” (pp. 319–343) Chapter 17, “Economic Evaluation of Health Policy: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010” (pp. 408–424) Glied, S., & Miller, E. A. (2015). Economics and health reform: Academic research and public policy. Medical Care Research and Review, 1–16. https://class.waldenu.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/USW1/201970_27/MS_MMHA/MMHA_6400_WC/readings/USW1_MMHA_6400_Week06_HFMA.pdf