Does Medicare benefit the poor?

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 277-292

  Bhattacharya, Jay ^a,b   Lakdawalla, Darius ^b,c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Medicare; Poverty; Social Insurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 30544438339     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2005.01.001     Document Type: Article

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