How to attract the sick, uninsured, and uninsurable to Colorado
February 11th, 2009 | by Brian Schwartz |Some politicians and activists in Wisconsin are suggesting a that the government monopolize the health insurance industry in the state. This is similar to Colorado’s HB 1273. One consequence of such a bill is to attract people who are sick, uninsured, and uninsurable to the state. Researchers at the Wisconsier Policy Research Institute conclude:
There is compelling evidence that passage of Healthy Wisconsin, well intended though it may be, will realistically convert the state of Wisconsin into a health care “magnet.” The present study uses two very different empirical analyses to demonstrate the real-world significance of this magnet effect. The first analysis employed state-to-state migration model estimations to demonstrate the power that this health care magnet could exercise in attracting persons with unmet health care coverage needs from other states, while discouraging Wisconsinites with health care coverage needs from leaving the state. The second analysis demonstrated that the premium-free health care benefit availed to all military members and their dependents acts as a very statistically significant factor in inducing persons to enlist. Indeed, this effect is so strong as to elicit both geographic migration and occupational change. As we have noted in the text, it is only a small logical step from here to the conclusion that adoption of Healthy Wisconsin will likewise produce a significant migration effect.
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tags: CO Guaranteed Healthcare Act, Colorado HB 09-1273, Colorado HB 1273
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