Health care program meeting.

• Position: Program and Working Group Meetings

The NBER's Program on Health Care met in Cambridge on March 8 and 9, 2012. Program Director Jonathan Gruber, NBER and MIT, organized the meeting. These papers were discussed:

* Charles J. Courtemanche, University of Louisville and NBER, and Daniela Zapata, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, "Does Universal Coverage Improve Health? The Massachusetts Experience" (NBER Working Paper No. 17893)

* Subramaniam Ramanarayanan and Jason Snyder, University of California at Los Angeles, "Reputations and Firm Performance: Evidence from the Dialysis Industry"

* Amanda Starc, University of Pennsylvania, "Insurer Pricing and Consumer Welfare: Evidence from Medigap"

* Vivian Y...