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Publication Date: December 2007
Publisher: New America Foundation
Author(s): Jonathan Gruber; Mark V. Pauly; Len M. Nichols
Research Area: Health; Politics
Keywords: Individual Mandate; Health Reform
Type: Brief
Abstract:
The good news is that presidential candidates in both parties are talking about making health insurance and care more affordable in lots of ways. The inevitable bad news is that a few key points have become confused in escalating campaign combat. We three health economists, not affiliated with any specific campaign, feel compelled to clarify what health policy research does and does not have to say about an issue central to current campaign debates, the role of an individual requirement to purchase insurance.