What is affordable health insurance? The reasonable tradeoff account of affordability

Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 401-414

  Saenz, Carla ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; LEGAL ASPECT; POLICY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

FINANCING, PERSONAL; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HUMANS; INSURANCE COVERAGE; INSURANCE, HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77249111279     PISSN: 10546863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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