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SUBMITTER: Curto V
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6532061 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
American economic journal. Applied economics 20190401 2
We compare healthcare spending in public and private Medicare using newly available claims data from Medicare Advantage (MA) insurers. MA insurer revenues are 30 percent higher than their healthcare spending. Adjusting for enrollee mix, healthcare spending per enrollee in MA is 9 to 30 percent lower than in traditional Medicare (TM), depending on the way we define "comparable" enrollees. Spending differences primarily reflect differences in healthcare utilization, with similar reductions for "hi ...[more]