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Pauly Mark V. <1941-> |
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Titolo |
Health reform without side effects [[electronic resource] ] : making markets work for individual health insurance / / Mark V. Pauly |
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Stanford, Calif., : Hoover Institution Press, c2010 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (123 p.) |
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Collana |
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Hoover Institution Press publication ; ; no. 580 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Health care reform - United States |
Health insurance - Self-insurance - United States |
Health insurance - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by John Raisian; Acknowledgments; Problem definition; The lay of the land: How many people have what problems?; Can individual insurance help?; Coverage for high risks; Community rating: the worst possible way to do a good thing; What's wrong with individual insurance?; What is good about the individual market?; How not to critique the individual health insurance market; Lowering administrative costs; Buying groups and exchanges: How many Chihuahuas equal a Great Dane? ; Regulation and pricing without exchanges |
Insurance company economics, sharp practices, premiums, and exclusionsSubsidies; What to hope for and what to expect; Offering the right product; The ideal and the feasible: compromises and mixes; Conclusion; References; About the Author; About the Hoover Institution Working Group on Health Care Policy; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Mark V. Pauly offers a detailed look at the individual insurance market in the United States. He explains how it works, suggests approaches to improvement that build on what currently works well, and provides a realistic assessment of how much improvement we can demand and expect. He concludes that, although there are some serious deficiencies in today's individual insurance market, there are also some important |
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