Helen G Levy
Research Professor, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Research Professor, 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 the role of health literacy in explaining disparities in health outcomes. She is an associate director on the Health and Retirement Study, a long-running longitudinal study of health and economic dynamics at older ages. She is a past recipient of a Career Development Award (K01) from the National Institute on Aging to study health literacy and health disparities among the elderly.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Tipirneni, Renuka, Levy, Helen G, Langa, Kenneth M, McCammon, Ryan Jay, Zivin, Kara, Luster, Jamie, Karmakar, Monita, Ayanian, John Z. 2021. Changes in Health Care Access and Utilization for Low-SES Adults Aged 51-64 Years After Medicaid Expansion. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B 76(6):1218-1230.
- Buchmueller, Tom, Levy, Helen G, Robert G. Valletta. 2021. Medicaid Expansion and the Unemployed. Journal of Labor Economics 39(S2):S575-S617.
- Thomas C. Buchmueller, Betsy Q. Cliff, Helen G Levy. 2020. The Benefits of Medicaid Expansion. JAMA Health Forum 1(7):e200879-e200879.
- Jeffrey T. Kullgren, Elizabeth Q. Cliff, Christopher Krenz, Brady Thomas West, Helen G Levy, Mark Fendrick, Angela Fagerlin. 2020. Use of Health Savings Accounts Among US Adults Enrolled in High-Deductible Health Plans. JAMA Network Open 3(7):e2011014-e2011014.