The impact of state tax subsidies for private long-term care insurance on coverage and Medicaid expenditures

Journal of Public Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 7-8, 2011, Pages 744-757

  Goda, Gopi Shah ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiscal impact; Long term care insurance; Medicaid; Price elasticity; Tax incentives

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955037336     PISSN: 00472727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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