Government as Reinsurer: Potential Impacts on Public and Private Spending
This paper analyzes the potential effects of alternative government reinsurance mechanisms on public and private expenditures in group and nongroup health insurance markets. High reinsurance thresholds, with the government taking responsibility for costs over $50,000 per year, would absorb a small s...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2004-05-01
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Series: | Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5034/inquiryjrnl_41.2.130 |