Helen G Levy
Research Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, Research Professor, Public Policy, Gerald R Ford School of Public Policy, Research Professor, Health Management and Policy, School of Public Health and Research Professor, Mary H Weiser Food Allergy, Medical School
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Dr. Levy’s research interests include the causes and consequences of lacking health insurance, evaluation of public health insurance programs, and material hardship among older Americans. She is a Co-Investigator on the Health and Retirement Study, a long-running longitudinal study of health and economic dynamics at older ages.
- Helen G Levy, Tom Buchmueller. 2025. The Impact of Health Insurance on Mortality. Annual Reviews 46:541-550.
- Renuka Tipirneni, Eric T. Roberts, Helen G Levy, Andrei R. Stefanescu, Kenneth M Langa, Kara Zivin, Donovan T. Maust, John Z. Ayanian. 2025. Health Care Utilization and Costs for Older Adults Aging Into Medicare After the Affordable Care Act. JAMA Health Forum 6(1):e245025-e245025.
- Helen G Levy, Tom Buchmueller. 2025. The Impact of Health Insurance on Mortality.
- Lianlian Lei, Donovan Maust, Claire Ankuda, Geoffrey J. Hoffman, Hyungjin Myra Kim, Julie Strominger, Helen G Levy. 2025. Older adults living with dementia enrolled in similar Medicare Advantage plans compared to those without dementia. Alzheimer's & Dementia: Behavior & Socioeconomics of Aging 1(2):e70016.
- Alexandra Peirce, Ying-Jen Lin, Angela Fagerlin, Michele Heisler, Helen G Levy, Jeffrey Kullgren. 2024. Evaluating a novel online behavioural intervention to encourage cost-conscious strategies among US adults with chronic conditions who are enrolled in a high-deductible health plan: a proof-of-concept pilot study. BMJ Open 14(5):e076852.
- Lianlian Lei, Helen G Levy, Claire Ankuda, Geoffrey J. Hoffman, Hyungjin Myra Kim, Julie Strominger, Donovan T. Maust. 2024. Partner Plan Choices and Medicare Advantage Enrollment Decisions Among Older Adults. JAMA 331(15):1322-1325.
- Silvia Helena Barcellos, Mireille Jacobson, Helen G Levy. 2023. The Impact of Eligibility for Medicaid versus Subsidized Private Health Insurance on Medical Spending, Self-Reported Health, and Public Program Participation. American Journal of Health Economics 9(2):262-295.
- Hirth, Richard A., Levinson, Zachary M., Blattner, Neha Buch, Dalton, Vanessa K., Kelley, Angela S., Lanham, Michael, Manning, Marsha, Norton, Edward C., Helen G Levy, Dupree, James M.. 2023. Developing an Adjunct Services Approach to Identify the Use of Procedures Not Covered by Health Insurance: The Case of In Vitro Fertilization. Medical Care 61(4):222-225.
- Tiffany Yung-Shin Hu, Iman Ali, Michele Heisler, Helen G Levy, Angela Fagerlin, Jeffrey T Kullgren. 2023. Helping Patients With Chronic Conditions Overcome Challenges of High-Deductible Health Plans: Mixed Methods Study. JMIR Formative Research 7:e37596.
- Levy,Helen G. 2022. The long-run prevalence of food insufficiency among older Americans. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 44(2):575-590.