Community rating and the market for private non-group health insurance

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 264-279

  Lo Sasso, Anthony T ^a   Lurie, Ithai Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Office of Tax Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse selection; Community rating; Individual health insurance; Insurance regulation; Uninsurance

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749174661     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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