The regressivity of taxing employer-paid health insurance

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 361, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Himmelstein, David U ^a   Woolhandler, Steffie ^a  

^a CAMBRIDGE HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INCOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAX;

EID: 69949126797     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMopv0907478     Document Type: Article

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