Description/Abstract
This brief is actually going to have two levels. One level will go with the advertised title, and I’ll tell you my current views on the truth about moral hazard and adverse selection. Adverse selection will serve as somewhat of a handmaid of moral hazard, as you will see. That’s one level. The other level, though, which continues to surprise me, is that these two topics—they’re two buzzwords from insurance theory—have generated an enormous amount of policy interest and, yes, passion. Some people passionately believe some things about moral hazard that others passionately disbelieve. And so as part of this second level I will draw back a bit from the actual subject matter to ask a kind of positive public policy question: Why is it that some people can get so passionate about a subject that seems fairly esoteric?
Document Type
Policy Brief
Date
2007
Keywords
Eighteenth Annual Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy, health insurance, adverse selection, moral hazard
Language
English
Series
Reports Series
Disciplines
Health Policy
Recommended Citation
Pauly, Mark V., "The Truth about Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection." (2007). Center for Policy Research. 7.
https://surface.syr.edu/cpr/7
Source
Metedata from RePec
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