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Who Enrolled In A State Program For The Uninsured: Was There Adverse Selection?, Paula Diehr
Who Enrolled In A State Program For The Uninsured: Was There Adverse Selection?, Paula Diehr
Paula Diehr
Managed care plans may hesitate to participate in programs for uninsured persons because they fear adverse selection, whereby only the sickest people or highest users would choose to join the program. We studied this issue in Washington State's Basic Health Plan, a demonstration program that provides subsidized health insurance for families earning less than 200% of the poverty level. We interviewed people in three counties who enrolled in the program, and compared them to people in the same counties who were eligible but did not enroll. There were substantial differences between enrollees and eligibles in education, age, income, employment, race, …