Health Insurance Coverage and Health — What the Recent Evidence Tells Us

Health Insurance Coverage and Health — What the Recent Evidence Tells Us

Health Insurance Coverage and Health — What the Recent Evidence Tells Us

substantial discussion about what effects — if any — insurance coverage has on health and mortality. The prospect that the law’s replacement might lead to millions of Americans losing coverage has brought this empirical question into sharp focus. For instance, politicians have recently argued that the number of people with health insurance is not a useful policy metric1 and that no one dies from a lack of access to health care.2 However, assessing the impact of insurance coverage on health is complex: health effects may take a long time to appear, can vary according to insurance benefit design, and are often clouded by confounding factors, since insurance changes usually correlate with other circumstances that also affect health care use and outcomes.

Nonetheless, over the past decade, high-quality studies have shed light on the effects of coverage on care and health. Here, we review and synthesize this evidence, focusing on the most rigorous studies from the past decade on the effects of coverage for nonelderly adults. Previous reviews have provided a thorough discussion of older studies.3 We concentrate on more recent experimental and quasi-experimental studies of the ACA and other expansions of public or private insurance. The effects of coverage probably vary among people, types of plans, and settings, and these studies may not all directly apply to the current policy debate. But as a whole, this body of research (Table 1) offers important insights into how coverage affects health care utilization, disease treatment and outcomes, self-reported health, and mortality.

Financial Protection and the Role of Insurance

Before we assess these effects, it is worth recognizing the role of insurance as a tool for managing financial risk. There is abundant evidence that having health insurance improves financial security. The strongest evidence comes from the Oregon Health Insurance Experiment, a rare randomized, controlled trial of health insurance coverage.31 In that study, people selected by lottery from a Medicaid waiting list experienced major gains in financial well-being as compared with those who were not selected: a $390 average decrease in the amount of medical bills sent to collection and a virtual elimination of catastrophic out-of-pocket expenses.4,8 Studies of other insurance expansions, such as Massachusetts’ 2006 health care reform,7 the ACA’s 2010 “dependent-coverage provision” enabling young adults to stay on a parent’s plan until age 26,6 and the ACA’s 2014 Medicaid expansion,5 have all revealed similar changes, including reduced bill collections and bankruptcies, confirming that insurance coverage reduces the risk of large unpredictable medical costs.

But from a policy perspective, health insurance is viewed differently from most other types of insurance: there is no push, for example, for universal homeowners’ or renters’ insurance subsidized by the federal government. We contend that there are two reasons for this difference. First, policymakers may value publicly subsidized health insurance as an important part of the social safety net that broadly redistributes resources to lower-income populations. Second, policymakers may view health insurance as a tool for achieving the specific policy priority of improved medical care and public health. Evaluating the impact of insurance coverage on health outcomes — and whether these benefits justify the costs of expanding coverage — is our focus.

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Proud to be part of generation that's not putting up with harassment: Ansel Elgort

Ansel Elgort says he is proud to be a part of today's generation that has sounded the bugle against sexual harassment and abuse in Hollywood in the form of #MeToo campaign.

The 24-year-old actor-singer said though he has not faced harassment, it is unfortunate that several people had to deal with the misconduct throughout their careers.

"I'm glad that I'm young. I haven't really had to deal with this stuff. People who are older, their whole careers they've dealt with harassment. That sucks. I'm proud to be part of a younger generation that's not putting up with that and is changing everything," Elgort told Variety.

"Men right now, we don't look too good. I'm proud to be a young dude who can set a good example for men," the Baby Driver star added.

The #MeToo campaign that sparked off a debate in Hollywood late last year, had actors along with people from other walks of life share their stories of sexual abuse.

The reportage of multiple allegations of sexual harassment, including rape, against media mogul Harvey Weinstein last October, was touted as the "watershed moment" in the history of the entertainment industry.

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There is no catfight: Sarah Jessica Parker once again talks about 'alleged' feud with Kim Cattrall

Sarah Jessica Parker says she has no hard feelings for her Sex and the City co-star Kim Cattrall as there is no catfight.

Multiple reports surfaced detailing decades of alleged hostility between the two actors, after Cattrall made it clear she has zero interest in reprising her role as Samantha Jones in a third Sex and the City movie.

Parker, who was careful not to badmouth her former co-star while promoting the second season of HBO's Divorce earlier this year, said the tabloid stories were blown out of proportion.

"I'd just like to remind everybody that there is no catfight. I have never uttered an unkind, unsupportive, unfriendly word, so I would love to redefine it," she told Vulture.

"..."There is no catfight. There never has been a catfight. I've never fought with someone publicly in my life, nor would I. And I spent time with all of the women on the set. People need to recall that it wasn't just two women on the set fighting because that just never happened," she added.

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India Set To Get Its First 100 Billion Dollar Company In TCS

TCS is on the cusp of making history. India's biggest outsourcer is close to becoming a 100 billion dollar company in terms of market capitalisation or market value. Shares of TCS today surged by nearly 7 per cent, making investors richer by over Rs. 40,000 crore in a day. At end of today's market trading, TCS had a market capitalisation of Rs. 6.52 lakh crore, according to BSE data. The rupee weakened past the 66 mark today against the dollar today. Deal wins in the quarter to March helped the Mumbai-headquartered company post its biggest-ever net profit in the quarter. TCS had announced its earnings after market hours on Thursday.

TCS posted a net profit of Rs. 6,904 crore, beating analysts' average estimate of Rs. 6,798 crore. TCS, part of salt-to-software conglomerate Tata group, reported Rs. 32,075 crore as income from operations, a rise of 8.2 per cent from a year ago.

(Also Read: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Gives 120% Variable Pay To Employees)

Looking ahead, TCS expects a rebound in spending by its key banking, financial services and insurance (BFSI) clients this financial year. India's top software services exporter is more confident about BFSI revenues from North America as client discussions show there is "not much stress left in the system," and this could potentially translate into better client spending through the course of the year, said CEO Rajesh Gopinathan.

Mr Gopinathan said TCS' early investments in digital technologies such as cloud, analytics and big data were paying off as the company remained well-positioned to transform clients' businesses.

"The ability to transform comes from our ability to participate right from the back-end to the front-end and have a full spectrum of solutions." Mr Gopinathan said.

"TCS delivered a strong set of performance in Q4 with a beat on dollar revenues and profit," said domestic brokerage Prabhudas Lilladher in a note. And going ahead, "digital remains the key driver for incremental growth for TCS," it added.

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In dollar terms, TCS reported revenue of $4,972 million, up 3.9 per cent quarter-on-quarter and up 11.7 per cent year-on-year. "We're glad to announce we're back to double digit trajectory on dollar revenue growth," said CEO Gopinathan said.

TCS' smaller rival Infosys Ltd kicked off the earnings season last week with a higher profit and a healthy revenue forecast for the year, though its margin guidance failed to cheer investors. Infosys shares also surged 4 per cent in today's trade.

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IPL 2018: Shane Warne Apologises To Rajasthan Royals Fans After Meek Performance vs Chennai Super Kings

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Rajasthan Royals were outgunned and outplayed as Chennai Super Kings ran out comfortable winners in an IPL 2018 match at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune on Friday night. Australian all-rounder Shane Watson smashed his third IPL century as the emphatic 64-run win took CSK to the top of the IPL 2018 standings. The defeat, Rajasthan's third in five games, dropped them to fifth in the table. Following the loss, mentor of the Rajasthan team, Shane Warne took to Twitter and apologised to fans for the poor performance and pleaded with them to not lose hope.

While Warne asked fans to be patient, Rajasthan supporters would have been disheartened at not so much the loss but the manner of the defeat.

There was no intensity in the field from the outset and that was clear to see as CSK centurion Shane Watson was dropped in the first over. He made them pay dearly blasting 106 off 57 balls, including nine fours and six sixes.

Watson's knock helped Chennai post 204 for five in their allotted 20 overs.

Royals' reply was pretty much over in the first five overs as the visitors lost three key batsmen inside powerplay overs. They needed Sanju Samson (2), captain Ajinkya Rahane (16) and debutant Heinrich Klaasen (7) to fire at the top but all three could not make much of a contribution.

Ben Stokes (45) and Jos Buttler (22) provided the team with a glimmer of hope by adding 45 runs for the fourth wicket but the partnership broke when the latter was dismissed by Dwayne Bravo.

Stokes was also dismissed soon after and writing was clear on the wall.

Rajasthan have now lost their last two matches and face another stern test on Sunday in defending champions Mumbai Indians, who registered their first win of the tournament in the previous match.

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IPL 2018: Chennai Super Kings' Shane Watson Slams 51-Ball Ton, Joins Elite List

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A day after Chris Gayle blitzkrieg decimated SunRisers Hyderabad, it was Shane Watson's turn to hog the limelight as he brought up his third Indian Premier League (IPL) ton in 51 balls during an encounter between Chennai Super Kings and Rajasthan Royals in Pune on Friday. Watson dominated the RR bowlers, smashing them to all parts of the ground. He scored nine fours and six sixes during his knock of 106 off 57 deliveries. CSK openers Shane Watson and Ambati Rayudu came out to open the innings with positive intent. Watson was looking at his menacing best and Rayudu was giving him good support, at the same time putting the bad deliveries away. After Rayudu's departure in the fifth over, the partnership between Watson and Suresh Raina grew from strength to strength the duo took Chennai past 100 in the 10th over.

Watson has proved his credentials as a cricketer and time and again by coming to the aid of his franchises and for his country. He had a terrible IPL season 10 with Royal Challengers Bangalore which by his own admission was the "worst-ever" and he needed a knock like this to make a statement.

The two-time Player of the Tournament also became the third player after AB de Villiers and David Warner to slam three centuries in the IPL. Gayle leads the list with 6 scores of over 100 followed by Virat Kohli with 4 tons. Brendon McCullum, Hashim Amla, Murali Vijay, Adam Gilchrist and Virender Sehwag have two each.

The two-time Player of the Tournament also became the third player after AB de Villiers and David Warner to slam three centuries in the IPL. Gayle leads the list with 6 scores of over 100 followed by Virat Kohli with 4 tons. Brendon McCullum, Hashim Amla, Murali Vijay, Adam Gilchrist and Virender Sehwag have two each.

The Royals committed the grave error of dropping him twice and the 36-year-old made them pay for their mistakes. Watson has a phenomenal IPL record, where he has played 106 matches and scored more than 2700 runs at an average of 32.07. Apart from three hundreds, he has also hit 14 fifties.

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Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Salman skips visit to mega tech incubator during French trip

The powerful young prince who is behind modernising reforms in Saudi Arabia is on a three-day trip to France at a time when relations between the two countries have become more complicated, including over how to address Iran's regional role.

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South China Sea a thorn in Singapore-China relations

In recent times, the relationship between China and Singapore has witnessed many ups and downs. However, the visit of Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to China last September was seen as a major move to infuse a new momentum in bilateral ties, with Chinese President Xi Jinping describing the two countries as “close and special partners”.

While historical linkages between Singapore and China began much earlier and there have been high-level exchanges since 1970, it was only in 1990 that diplomatic ties between the two countries were established. Since then, the two sides have taken a number of steps to strengthen the bilateral engagement. In 2015, during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to Singapore, the two sides agreed to establish ‘all-round cooperative partnership with the times’ to elevate the bilateral relationship to a higher level. Surely, the economic sphere has over these years emerged as the most important aspect of the relationship between China and Singapore, with the two sides having signed numerous agreements on investment promotion and protection, tourism and others. China is Singapore’s largest trading partner, while Singapore is China’s largest foreign investor. The two countries have already formed inseparable economic and trade relations. They recorded $66 billion in two-way trade in 2016, representing 13 per cent of Singapore’s global total. The 350-km project — which will cost an estimated $14 billion and is due to be operational by the end of 2026 — will be the first cross-country high-speed railway in Asia, connecting Singapore to Kuala Lumpur in 90 minutes. Chinese businessmen have also invested in real estate and infrastructure construction in Singapore, with the two sides recently having agreed to upgrade their free-trade agreement.

However, the upward trajectory in the relationship was hit in April 2016 when two senior officials of the Singapore government accused China of interfering in ASEAN’s internal affairs and attempting to divide the regional grouping after Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said that China had reached a four-point consensus with Brunei, Cambodia and Laos on the South China Sea issue. Consequently, China sought clarification from Singapore on the accusation levelled by the diplomats. Singapore’s decision to allow US Littoral Combat Ships and US P-8a Poseidon maritime surveillance also angered Beijing. The tension between the two countries continued to rise, with Hong Kong’s Customs and Exercise Department seizing nine Terrex Infantry Carrier Vehicles of the Singapore Armed Forces.

In the meantime, some signs of rapprochement between the two sides did appear in February 2017 when Singapore’s Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean visited China to attend the 13th Joint Council for Bilateral Cooperation, which is the most important bilateral meeting between China and Singapore. During his meeting with Chinese leaders, Teo also emphasised on moving past the incidents and strengthening economic ties.

This effort of pacifying China, however, did not produce any positive result. This can be gauged from the fact that when Chinese President launched his ambitious initiative ‘One Belt One Road,’ Singapore was not invited to attend the programme, despite the fact that during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit in 2015, Singapore had already expressed its desire to join the initiative.

Surely, one of the reasons for China to harden its position against Singapore is the City-State’s stand on the South China issue. Beijing is concerned about the fact that Singapore is trying to amplify the South China issue by supporting the ruling of the International Court of Justice, dismissing China’s claim in the South China Sea region. On the other hand, Singapore has its own interest to see that the South China Sea region remain free from China’s dominance, as any instability in the region would impact its economy. And, it is this reason that Singapore advocates for a rules-based order. China is also upset with the Singapore government’s positive assessment about the US’ role in maintaining security in the region. In fact, on many occasions the Singapore leadership has supported the US’ rebalancing policy in Asia and there has been substantial military engagement between the two sides. In turn, Beijing sees deepening security ties between Singapore and the US as a counter-balance attempt against China. Beijing has now started raising its eyebrows over Singapore’s continued military, political and other direct contacts with Taiwan, despite the fact that Singapore does recognise Taiwan as a part of China.

Amid increasing tension between the two countries, Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong visited China, opening the door for political talks to revert the direction of the relationship. Undoubtedly, Singapore’s balancing act underscores its need to improve ties with China, given its economic interests with China and Beijing’s increasing influence in other ASEAN countries, among other issues. With Singapore set to host the ASEAN Summit in 2018 as ASEAN chair, it is hoped that China and Singapore will further consolidate the positive development made over the last one year.

The author is a Visiting Fellow at National Chengchi University, Taipei. Views are personal.

 
 
 

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IPL 2018: Rajasthan Royals want this South Africa player to replace Steve Smith

It seems like Rajasthan Royals have zeroed in on the replacement for Steve Smith- South Africa's Heinrich Klassen. According to TOI,  Rajasthan Royals have already sent a request for the South African to the BCCI.

“Klaasen is an amazing player of spin. And he has a vast array of shots, which tempted us to go for him. He plays the reverse sweep very well, something that will be quite useful in the IPL,” the report quoted Zubin Bharucha, Rajasthan Royals’ head of cricket as saying.

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Steve Smith issues personal apology to mother of heartbroken 9-year-old fan, 'sorry I made him upset'

Former Australian cricket captain Steve Smith has issued a personal apology to Deborah Knight and her son after the journalist revealed that she was forced to console her son over the cheating scandal.

Deborah had disclosed how her nine-year-old Darcy had been upset over the ball tampering.

Steve Smith contacted her via Twitter with the message, "Could you please apologise personally to your son from me. Sorry that I made him upset also."  

Deborah replied, "Thanks you so much for making contact Steve. My son wants you to know he admires you even more than he did."

The Australia journalist, television presenter and news presenter shared the exchange on Twitter. 

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South Africa vs Australia, 4th Test: Live Commentary, Time, Teams, Live Stream & where to watch on TV in India

enue: New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg

Time: 1.30 pm (IST - Friday, March 30)

On TV: Sony Six and Sony Six HD

Live Streaming: Sonyliv.com

Live Commentary: DNAINDIA.COM

South Africa will aim to take advantage of a scandal-hit Australian team in the fourth and final Test starting at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday. But coach Ottis Gibson has warned that Australia will provide strong opposition, even without the disgraced trio of Steve Smith, David Warner and Cameron Bancroft.

"We hope they're very shattered," Gibson said of the turmoil around the opposition camp. "But they're still a good team with very good players. I'm still a huge fan of their fast bowling attack."

The Australian bowling unit remains intact but there will be three enforced changes in the batting line-up as the tourists seek to avoid the first series loss by Australia in South Africa since Ali Bacher led the team then known as the Springboks to a 4-0 clean sweep in 1969

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'World simply wants to see you cry': R Ashwin gets philosophical after Steve Smith's breakdown

The cricketing world has been in a sombre mood ever since visuals of former Australian captain Steve Smith crying broke out on Thursday.

Speaking at a press conference in Sydney after returning from South Africa, Smith couldn't hold back his tears while apologising for his part in the recent ball-tampering scandal.

Among the many cricketers, past and present, who have lent their support to Smith after watching the modern-day great in tears is Ravichandran Ashwin.

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IPL 2018: I just want to play under Virat bhai, says Sarfaraz Khan

As Royal Challengers Bangalore’s representative announced his team’s list of retainers at the IPL Player Retention here on Thursday, one name came as a surprise.

Many expected Chris Gayle’s name but the third was of 20-year-old Sarfaraz Khan.

“I knew (about it) a few days back as I had received call from RCB. They asked me if I was ready to be retained,” Sarfaraz told DNA.

Asked if he quoted any price when he was given the offer, Sarfaraz said: “Not money but playing under Virat (Kohli) bhai was more tempting and an offer I could not resist. The money part was taken care of by my abbu (father, who is also his coach — Naushad Khan). I just wanted to play under Virat bhai, that’s it.”

When referred to as crorepati, Khan, who was retained for Rs 1.75 crore by RCB, just laughed it off. “All know where we have come from. We were very poor,” he said.

Khan had to miss the 10th edition of IPL and had to stay away from cricket for eight months due to injury.

“Those were tough days. I had to stay away from cricket. However, my father kept backing me. He has always been ahead of times. When the doctors allowed me to start my fitness regimen, my father asked me to take knocking sessions. Once they said you can do knockings, abbu forced me to play matches,” he said.

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IPL Auction 2018: Rajasthan Royals deal for Jaydev Unadkat, Kings XI Punjab snap Chris Gayle

As auctioneer Richard Madley called the last name for auction on Sunday, there was just one team, Kolkata Knight Riders, which finished off its entire salary purse of Rs 80 crore. The other seven teams were still holding on to the purse despite 169 players being sold off in the two-day IPL auction.

The day, which saw uncapped Rajasthan leg-spinner Rahul Chahar bought by Mumbai Indians for 9.5 times his base price of Rs 20 lakh in the beginning, came to an end when Kings XI Punjab stunned everyone by stealing master blaster Chris Gayle from right under their noses for Rs 2 crore base price towards the closing stages.

This last-minute shopping completed Punjab outfit's formidable batting line-up including KL Rahul, Karun Nair, David Miller, Aaron Finch, Yuvraj Singh, Marcus Stoinis and Mayank Agarwal. More than that, it was a big relief for almost all the cricket fans who were worried about missing out on such a cult batting figure in the IPL.

The Preity Zinta-led team played this card at such a time when other teams either ran out of money or had exhausted their quota of eight overseas players. KXIP also walked away with Afghanistan's 16-year-old off-spinner, Mujeeb Zadran, to make him the youngest player in the IPL's history.

Another former champion bowler Mitchell Johnson also got lucky to be picked by Kolkata Knight Riders to share the new ball with his successor in his national team, Mitchell Starc.

Another big surprise of the day was big bang buying by Rajasthan Royals, who picked Karnataka all-rounder K Gowtham for Rs 6.20 crore against his base price of Rs 20 lakh.

However, the star of the day was India T20 left-arm pacer Jaydev Unadkat, who was bought for a whopping Rs 11.50 crore to become the costliest Indian across two days of auction.

Unadkat's last price in the IPL auctions in 2017 was a mere Rs 30 lakh by Rising Pune Supergiant. But it was his 24 wickets in the last IPL that created a huge interest this time around. Chennai Super Kings, KXIP and RR went after him. It was eventually Royals who stole Unadkat with the last call of Rs 11.5 crore.

There was again a huge demand for Afghanistan players as spinner Mujeeb Zadran attracted a pay cheque of Rs 4 crore from the Punjab outfit. He became the second most expensive player from this war-torn country after 19-year-old Rashid Khan was bought for Rs 9 crore a day earlier.

Mohammad Nabi was bought for Rs 1 crore by Sun Risers Hyderabad while another 19-year-old left-arm chinaman bowler Zahir Khan became the fourth Afghan player to picked after Royals called a bid of Rs 60 lakh.

The Sri Lankans, on the other hand, were not that lucky this time around. Only spinner Akila Dananjaya was picked for his base price of Rs 50 lakh by MI while speedster Dushmantha Chameera also got the similar price towards the end of the day.

Before this, MI managed to get the services of devastating opener Evin Lewis for a good price of Rs 3.8 crore.

New South African pace sensation Lungi Ngidi was traded for base price of Rs 50 lakh by CSK on a day when his senior pros Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn failed to attract a single bidder. CSK also later recalled experienced opener Murali Vijay.

JP Duminy was bit lucky to get back to his former employer, MI, for Rs 1 crore salary.

Virat Kohli-led side Royal Challengers Bangalore called for wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel along with budding spinners Washington Sundar and Murugan Ashwin. RCB already have Umesh Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Nathan-Coulter Nile and Tim Southee to share the bowling burden.

In all, DD were the first to complete the maximum squad number of 25, while KXIP were the last to reach the minimum of 18.

FULL SQUADS FOR IPL 2018

Royal Challengers Bangalore (Total money spent: Rs 79.85cr)Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Brendon McCullum, Tim Southee, Chris Woakes, Parthiv Patel, Umesh Yadav, Quinton de Kock, Manan Vohra, Nathan Coulter-Nile, Moeen Ali, Sarfaraz Khan, Kulwant Khejroliya, Mandeep Singh, Aniruddha Joshi, Pavan Deshpande, Yuzvendra Chahal, Aniket Choudhary, Murugan Ashwin, Pawan Negi, Colin de Grandhomme, Navdeep Saini, Washington Sundar, Mohammed Siraj

Kolkata Knight Riders (Total money spent: Rs 80cr)Piyush Chawla, Robin Uthappa, Shubman Gill, Mitchell Johnson, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Dinesh Karthik, Mitchell Starc, Kamlesh Nagarkoti, Shivam Mavi, Javon Searles, Ishank Jaggi, Cameron Delport, Chris Lynn, R Vinay Kumar, Apoorv Wankhade, Kuldeep Yadav, Nitish Rana, Rinku Singh

Chennai Super Kings (Total money spent: Rs 73.5cr)MS Dhoni, Suresh Raina, Ravindra Jadeja, Shane Watson, Murali Vijay, Kedar Jadhav, Harbhajan Singh, Faf du Plessis, Dwayne Bravo, Lungi Ngidi, Sam Billings, Karn Sharma, Ambati Rayudu, Mark Wood, Jagadeesan Narayan, Imran Tahir, Deepak Chahar, Shardul Thakur, Mitchell Santner, Dhruv Shorey, Kshitiz Sharma, Chaitanya Bishnoi, Monu Kumar, Kanishk Seth, Asif KM

Delhi Daredevils (Total money spent: Rs 78.4cr)Gautam Gambhir, Jason Roy, Glenn Maxwell, Mohammed Shami, Prithvi Shaw, Trent Boult, Amit Mishra, Shahbaz Nadeem, Naman Ojha, Abhishek Sharma, Manjot Kalra, Colin Munro, Harshal Patel, Rahul Tewatia, Jayant Yadav, Vijay Shankar, Daniel Christian, Gurkeerat Singh, Kagiso Rabada, Avesh Khan, Sayan Ghosh, Sandeep Lamichhane, Chris Morris, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant

Mumbai Indians (Total money spent: Rs 79.35cr)Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Kieron Pollard, JP Duminy, Krunal Pandya, Pat Cummins, Rahul Chahar, Anukul Roy, Tajinder Singh, Mayank Markande, Mohsin Khan, Ben Cutting, Jason Behrendorff, Pradeep Sangwan, Mustafizur Rahman, Aditya Tare, Saurabh Tiwary, Siddhesh Lad, Evin Lewis, Suryakumar Yadav, Akila Dananjaya, Ishan Kishan, Sharad Lumba, MD Nidheesh

Rajasthan Royals (Total money spent: Rs 78.35cr)Ajinkya Rahane, Steven Smith, Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes, Sanju Samson, Aryaman Birla, Midhun S, Stuart Binny, Dhawal Kulkarni, D’Arcy Short, Ben Laughlin, Jatin Saxena, Shreyas Gopal, Anureet Singh, Jaydev Unadkat, Ankit Sharma, Gowtham Krishnappa, Rahul Tripathi, Prashant Chopra, Dushmantha Chameera, Jofra Archer, Zahir Khan, Mahipal Lomror

Kings XI Punjab (Total money spent: Rs 79.9cr)Yuvraj Singh, R Ashwin, Karun Nair, KL Rahul, Chris Gayle, Aaron Finch, David Miller, Mayank Agarwal, Mujeeb Zadran, Manzoor Dar, Marcus Stoinis, Pardeep Sahu, Manoj Tiwary, Andrew Tye, Akshdeep Nath, Mohit Sharma, Barinder Sran, Ankit Rajpoot, Ben Dwarshuis, Mayank Dagar, Axar Patel

Sunrisers Hyderabad (Total money spent: Rs 79.35cr) Bhuvneshwar Kumar, David Warner, Kane Williamson, Wriddhiman Saha, Shikhar Dhawan, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Chris Jordan, Manish Pandey, Shreevats Goswami, Siddarth Kaul, Bipul Sharma, Sachin Baby, Sandeep Sharma, Carlos Brathwaite, Mehdi Hasan, Deepak Hooda, Billy Stanlake, Ricky Bhui, Basil Thampi, Tanmay Agarwal, Rashid Khan, Natarajan, Syed Khaleel Ahmed, Mohammad Nabi

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