Publication Date
1-1-2001
DOI
10.17848/9780880994200
Abstract
A leading group of health care economists propose solutions to problems related to Medicare, managed care, health insurance, coverage for the uninsured, and the role of tax policy in health care.
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ISBN
9780880992244 (cloth) ; 9780880992237 (pbk.) ; 9780880994200 (ebook)
Subject Areas
LABOR MARKET ISSUES; Wages, health insurance and other benefits; Health insurance
Citation
Zhou, Huizhong, ed. 2001. The Political Economy of Health Care Reforms. Kalamazoo, MI: W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. https://doi.org/10.17848/9780880994200
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Contents
Introduction / Huizhong Zhou
1. The Not-So-Simple Economics (and Politics) of Medicare Reform / Len M. Nichols
2. Managed Care and Social Welfare / Laurence Baker
3. Covering the Uninsured / Jonathan Gruber
4. Health Insurance and the Labor Market / Brigitte Madrian
5. Health Care Consumer Choice / Catherine G. McLaughlin
6. Positive Economics and Dismal Politics / Robert B. Helms