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AcademyHealth: Too many choices

  September 25, 2013 at 12:00 pm

  Austin Frakt

My latest AcademyHealth post summarizes literature on consumers’ responses to high numbers of plan choices. You really can have too much of a good thing. This, being only one post, is not too much for you to click through and read, is it?

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  Medicare, Medicare Advantage, Part D
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- by robert aylward on September 25th, 2013 at 12:35
  
  “Nevertheless, it is valuable to recognize that some degree of confusion can be harmful to consumers while playing a market stabilizing role.” Is that insight by Frakt an important reason (or a reason) why the Obama administration chose not to develop Federal (uniform) standards for essential health benefits?
  
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