Economic Origins of Democratic Breakdown? The Redistributive Model and the Postcolonial State
From Aristotle to Acemoglu and Robinson, scholars have argued that democracy possesses powerful redistributive impulses, and imperils itself accordingly.
From Aristotle to Acemoglu and Robinson, scholars have argued that democracy possesses powerful redistributive impulses, and imperils itself accordingly.
Why, despite massive public concern, is child trafficking on the rise?
Medicare Part C, or Medicare Advantage (MA), now almost 30 years old, has generally been viewed as a policy disappointment.
Medicare continues to implement payment reforms that shift reimbursement from fee-for-service toward episode-based payment, affecting average and marginal payment.
Background Breast cancer is a leading cause of mortality for women in all racial/ethnic groups.
In two important health policy contexts – private plans in Medicare and the new state-run “Exchanges” created as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) – plan payments come from two sources: risk-adjus
Objective: There is limited information on the protective value of Medicare Part D low-income subsidies ( LIS).
Background: Relative to traditional fee-for-service Medicare, managed care plans caring for Medicare beneficiaries may be better positioned to promote recommended services and discourage burdensome pr
Geographic variation in per-beneficiary Medicare spending that cannot be explained by wages and the prices of other inputs to health care or by demographic and health characteristics, as described by
With quality-of-care bonus payments now available for Medicare Advantage health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and for accountable care organizations in traditional Medicare, the need to under
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