Although economic inequality in the U.S. has been increasing since 1970, the study finds that the support for redistribution has remained flat, and has decreased significantly for the elderly and for African-Americans.
[6] Possible explanations for this trend are explored, and the authors argue that the elderly have grown less supportive of redistribution due to worries that it would come at their expense through cuts to Medicare.
[6] The authors also argue that African-American attitudes surrounding fairness in economic issues have increased, explaining the decline in support for redistribution.
Evidence from Texas Medicaid (2017) In this study, the effects of the transition from fee-for-service (FFS) programs to managed care plans on the disparities in infant health outcomes are analyzed.
Alan B. Krueger and Ilyana Kuziemko conduct a survey experiment on approximately 1,000 individuals through a Gallup-Healthways Daily Poll.
[11] Krueger and Kuziemko argue that these results suggest that under the provisions of the Affordable Care Act, an estimate of 29 million uninsured individuals are projected to gain coverage.
[13] Furthermore, the findings indicate that the "90% policy" – where prisoners are required to complete at least 90% of their original sentence without the possibility of parole – reduces the inmates' incentives to rehabilitate, resulting in an increase in recidivism rates.