Mandates and the Affordability of Health Care

This paper examines the economic rationale of affordability exemptions in the context of a health insurance mandate. I provide an economic definition of affordability and discuss how it is implemented in the contexts of food, housing, and health care. Affordability standards are frequently used in m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sherry Glied
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-05-01
Series:Inquiry: The Journal of Health Care Organization, Provision, and Financing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.5034/inquiryjrnl_46.02.203