What can we learn from the research on small-group health insurance reform?

State Health Insurance Market Reform: Toward Inclusive and Sustainable Health Insurance Markets

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 67-81

  Buchmueller, Thomas C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCI's Research Unit in Health Policy and Research   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

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EID: 84909128080     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203799789     Document Type: Chapter

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