Narrow Networks on the Health Insurance Exchanges: What Do They Look Like and How Do They Affect Pricing? A Case Study of Texas BY Leemore Dafny,
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* Dafny: Kellogg, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, (e-mail: [email protected]); Hendel: Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 (e-mail: [email protected]); Wilson: Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC, 20580 (e-mail: [email protected]). The views expressed in this article are those of the author. They do not necessarily represent those of the Federal Trade Commission, and the work was not prepared as part of the author’s work for the FTC. We thank Mariano Irace, David Benson and Chris Ody for tremendous assistance.
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Narrow Networks on the Health Insurance Exchanges: What Do They Look Like and How Do They Affect Pricing? A Case Study of Texas.
* Dafny: Kellogg, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, (e-mail: [email protected]); Hendel: Department of Economics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208 (e-mail: [email protected]); Wilson: Bureau of Economics, Federal Trade Commission, Washington DC, 20580 (e-mail: [email protected]). The views expressed in this article are those of the authors. They do not nece...
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