Participation in a Public Insurance Program: Subsidies, Crowd-Out, and Adverse Selection
This paper examines how varying the level of subsidies affects participation in a public insurance program, crowd-out of private insurance, and adverse selection. We study the experience in Washington's Basic Health program in 1997. Findings show that adverse selection is not a problem in volun...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2002-08-01
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| Series: | Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5034/inquiryjrnl_39.3.243 |