HKS Affiliated Authors
Frank Plumpton Ramsey Professor of Political Economy
Otto Eckstein Professor of Applied Economics, FAS
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Selection Stories: Understanding Movement Across Health Plans. David Cutler, Richard Zeckhauser, July 2009, Paper. "This study assesses the factors influencing the movement of people across health plans. We distinguish three types of cost-related transitions: adverse selection, the movement of the less healthy to more generous plans; adverse retention, the tendency for people to stay where they are when they get sick; and aging in place, where lack of all movement makes plans with initially older enrollees increase in cost over time. Using data from the Group Insurance Commission in Massachusetts, we show that aging in..." Link