Böcker av Mark V. Pauly

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The authors offer principles for reform designed to encourage equity, efficiency, and accountability in all publicly funded health care programs.

The authors chronicle changes in U.S. attitudes about health care and consider policy trade-offs and problems of a tax credit/voucher system to finance health insurance.

This study analyzes the effects of a variety of forms of tax credits, especially for workers whose incomes place them above the poverty line but below the median family income.

Evidence suggests that cost-effective preventive measures are sometimes rewarded by insurers in ways that could change their clients' behavior. These examples reveal that insurance activities are not always in the best interest of individuals at risk. This book discusses such behavior with the intent of categorizing these insurance "anomalies".

Preface - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; J.Finsinger and M.V.Pauly - GREAT BRITAIN - Regulation of the UK Insurance Industry; J.Tapp - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA - Regulation and Quality Competition in the US Insurance Industry; M.Pauly, H.Kunreuther and P.Kleindorfer - GERMANY - A State Controlled Market: The German Case; J.Finsinger - SWEDEN - The Regulation of the Swedish Insurance Industry; K.Skogh - SWITZERLAND - Insurance Regulation in Switzerland: An Outline with Special Reference to Life and Motor Car Liability Insurance; C.B.Blankart and F.Schneider - Regulation Induced Price Instability in Swiss Motor Car Liability Insurance; C.B.Blankart and J.Finsinger - FRANCE - The French Automobile and Life Insurance Markets; J.Finsinger and R.Waldmann - The French Insurance Market; J-F.Outreville - CANADA - The Economics of Life Insurance Regulation; G.F.Mathewson and R.A.Winter - Descriptive Evidence on the Canadian Insurance Industry; G.F.Mathewson and R.A.Winter - Index