The importance of group coverage: How tax policy shaped U.S. health insurance

American Economic Review

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1373-1384

  Thomasson, Melissa A ^a,b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; TAX; UNITED STATES;

COST SHARING; FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BENEFIT PLANS, EMPLOYEE; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; TAXES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3042529781     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/000282803769206359     Document Type: Review

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