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Journal of Economic Literature: Vol. 46 No. 3 (September 2008)
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JEL Indexes (Members Only)Covering the Uninsured in the United States
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Gruber, Jonathan. 2008. "Covering the Uninsured in the United States."
Journal of Economic Literature,
46(3): 571-606.
DOI: 10.1257/jel.46.3.571
DOI: 10.1257/jel.46.3.571
Abstract
One of the major social policy issues facing the United States in the first decade of the
twenty-first century is the large number of Americans lacking health insurance. This
article surveys the major economic issues around covering the uninsured. I review
the facts on insurance coverage and the nature of the uninsured; explore explanations
for why the United States has such a large, and growing, uninsured population;
and discuss why we should care if individuals are uninsured. I then examine policy
options to address the problem of the uninsured, beginning with a discussion of the
key issues and available evidence and then turning to estimates from a micro-simulation
model of the impact of alternative interventions to increase insurance coverage.
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Gruber, Jonathan (MIT)
JEL Classifications
G22: Insurance; Insurance Companies
I18: Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
I18: Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
