Effects of Pricing Rules on Supplementary Health Coverage Rate
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.2318-1001.2021v9n2.52549Abstract
Objective: The aim of this paper is to highlight how the effects of pricing structure from a health insurance portfolio may affect the loss population coverage.
Theoretical foundation: The theoretical basis used is the concept of loss coverage presented by Hao et al (2015). That methodology objectives to quantify the client’s potential according to the demand and pricing structure of a population.
Method: The chosen method is a quantitative study using actuarial and statistics technics to calculate the risk, adverse selection, and populational coverage rate. Firstly, two approaches to risk calculation have been proposed. Then, it was created five hypothetical health insurance pricing possibilities. Finally, it is shown some comparative perspective among the pricing rules to reach the expected coverage of a health insurance portfolio.
Results: The effects in population loss coverage are sensible to the degree of demand of the population for health insurance. Generally, as individualized rate increases, the expected population covered decreases.
Contribution: This paper is unprecedented in Brazil, that quantifies the effects of pricings rules and potential coverage population.
Keywords: Population coverage; pricing; adverse selection; supplementary health; risk.
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