Conservatives have long argued that “first dollar” insurance coverage helps raise the cost of healthcare, as people tend to overconsume services they perceive as free. Implementation of state insurance exchanges appears to confirm that hypothesis: Several states that used “free” federal dollars to build complicated exchanges may end up scrapping them.
Federal funding and state healthcare exchanges
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