International New York Times Choosing a Health Plan Is Hard, Even for a Health Economist By AUSTIN FRAKT OCTOBER 27, 2014 A confession: I am a health economist, and I cannot rationally select a health plan. I buy health insurance through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, or F.E.H.B.P., which is very similar to the Affordable Care Act’s exchanges. Like the exchanges, the federal employee program runs an online marketplace with a choice of plans, which vary by region. Most workers don’t have a lot of choice among plans offered by their employer. But the federal employee program offers me about 20 plans to choose from, and a similar number to almost all other federal employees. This puts me in a position akin to a consumer selecting among many plans in an Affordable Care Act exchange or a Medicare beneficiary selecting among many Medicare Advantage plans... mobile.nytimes/2014/10/28/upshot/choosing-a-health-plan-is-hard-even-for-a-health-economist.html
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