Between 1992 and 2009, 30 US states adopted laws mandating that health insurance plans
cover screenings for prostate cancer. Because prostate cancer screenings are used almost …

Is there an obesity externality? In the late 1990s and early 2000s, many state governments
began requiring health insurance plans to cover treatments for diabetes. Using difference-in …

This paper examines the effects of laws mandating that health insurance cover specific
conditions, procedures, providers, and beneficiaries. Unlike previous work, this paper …

This study examines how regulations in private health insurance markets affect coverage of
public insurance. We focus on mental health parity laws, which mandate private health …

This paper intends to study the preferences of customers when purchasing a health
insurance policy. It looks at various aspects which a customer may evaluate, before …

In response to the growing concern over diabetes, state-mandated health insurance benefits
for diabetes have become popular since the late 1990s. However, little is known about …

By 2010, the average US state had passed 37 health insurance benefit mandates (laws
requiring health insurance plans to cover certain additional services). Previous work has …

Every US state requires private health insurers to cover certain conditions, treatments, and
providers. These benefit mandates were rare as recently as the 1960s, but the average state …

This dissertation comprises three chapters in the fields of public and labor economics.
Specifically, they address questions in two areas:(i) the determinants of children's human …

Purpose As of 2011, the average US state had 37 health insurance benefit mandates, laws
requiring health insurance plans to cover a specific treatment, condition, provider, or person …