Walking the tightrope on medicare reform

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 45-56

  Cutler, David M ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 0040016233     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.14.2.45     Document Type: Article

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