The Dynamic Relationship between Health and Health Insurance in the U.S
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چکیده
This paper revisits the link between health insurance and health by estimating a model that allows for insurance and health to be linked through both dynamic and contemporaneous channels, each with di¤erent policy implications. The model produces two main ndings. First, while insurance and health appear to be negatively related dynamically, they are positively related contemporaneously, with positive contemporaneous associations outweighing the negative dynamic links, resulting in a net positive relationship between insurance and health. Second, good health appears to be self-sustaining regardless of insurance status, implying that public policies should target health, directly, rather than indirectly via insurance reforms. JEL Codes: I11, C33, C51
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