1. The Impact of PPACA on Employer Sponsored Health Insurance: An Analysis of Employer Motivations to Self-Insure Health Benefits Open Access Author: Mosier, Tiffany Lynn Title: The Impact of PPACA on Employer Sponsored Health Insurance: An Analysis of Employer Motivations to Self-Insure Health Benefits Area of Honors: Actuarial Science Keywords: PPACAhealth insuranceself-insuranceemployer-sponsored plans File: Download Mosier_Tiffany_SelfInsuringHealthCare.pdf Thesis Supervisors: David Arthur Cather, Thesis SupervisorRon Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
2. Variation of Presidential Approval for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Open Access Author: Kendig, Hannah Jane Title: Variation of Presidential Approval for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Area of Honors: Political Science Keywords: ObamaPPACAapproval ratingtime series modelintroductionadoptionimplementationSupreme Court decision File: Download Final_Thesis__2_.pdf Thesis Supervisors: David Lynn Lowery, Thesis SupervisorJames A Piazza, Thesis Honors Advisor
3. The Effect of the Medicare Part D Discount Program on Prescription Drug Utilization Rates Open Access Author: Miller, Laura Anne Title: The Effect of the Medicare Part D Discount Program on Prescription Drug Utilization Rates Area of Honors: Actuarial Science Keywords: MedicarePrescription DrugsPart DDiscount ProgramGeneric Dispensing RateUtilization TrendsPPACA File: Download Miller_Laura_MedicarePrescriptionDrugUtilization.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis SupervisorRon Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors AdvisorLisa Lipowski Posey, Faculty Reader
4. Will the PPACA Drug Provision Cause Pharmaceutical Companies to Divest in Low-return Therapies? Open Access Author: Jaffer, Zahra Title: Will the PPACA Drug Provision Cause Pharmaceutical Companies to Divest in Low-return Therapies? Area of Honors: Risk Management Keywords: ACAPPACAPharmaceuticalPfizerMerckJohnson and Johnsondrugbrand-namegenericpipelinetherapyR&D File: Download Jaffer_Zahra_Will_the_PPACA_Drug_Provision_Cause_Pharmaceutical_Companies_to_Divest_in_Low-Return_Therapies.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Mark Richard Gruskin, Thesis SupervisorRon Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors AdvisorTodd Matthew Retzlaff, Faculty Reader
5. Comparative Analysis of Nations' Health Care Funding Systems Open Access Author: Kantner, Samuel Wilkens Title: Comparative Analysis of Nations' Health Care Funding Systems Area of Honors: Risk Management Keywords: actuarial sciencehealth insurancehealth carehealth reformPPACAsocial insurance File: Download Kantner_Samuel_ComparativeAnalysisOfNationsHealthCareFundingSystems.pdf Thesis Supervisors: Richard Lee London, Thesis SupervisorRon Gebhardtsbauer, Thesis Honors Advisor
