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Insurance Rationing versus Public Political Rationing: The Case of the Oregon Health Plan
Author(s) -
Baur Michael N.,
Wang Julie B.,
Fitzgerald John F.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
public budgeting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.694
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1540-5850
pISSN - 0275-1100
DOI - 10.1111/1540-5850.01060
Subject(s) - rationing , health care , health care rationing , business , politics , public health , plan (archaeology) , public economics , actuarial science , health plan , de facto , economics , economic growth , medicine , political science , nursing , law , archaeology , history
This article describes the development and evolution of the Oregon experiment with public political rationing in health care. As dissatisfaction with current health care rationing has mounted, the search has accelerated for alternatives to replace the de facto rationing generated by the private health insurance marketplace. As the foremost example of public rationing, the closely‐watched Oregon Health Plan is widely offered as an alternative to traditional private health insurance. Other health care rationing alternatives include health maintenance organizations (HMOs) and proposals that encourage self‐rationing by individual consumers.