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66. Does Health Insurance Make You Healthier?

Freakonomics, M.D.

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Health Insurance and Health Outcomes

We surveyed the whole lottery list, the treatment and control group. One of the pathways that we expect insurance to affect health outcomes is through healthcare use. We also got information on people's financial well-being. I think that gets lost in a lot of the debate about health insurance reform in the US.

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