Redistribution at the Hospital
This paper studies redistribution by means of a public supply of medical treatment. We show that the government can redistribute income towards low-ability individuals in a world of asymmetric information by offering bundles of medical treatment and redistributive payment. If self-selection is a problem, then the separating scheme offers high-ability individuals complete treatment against a high payment, and low-ability individuals partial treatment against a low payment. In particular, the level of treatment offered low-ability individuals is distorted downwards. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 2002
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2002
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Authors: | Emblem, Anne |
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International Tax and Public Finance. - Springer, ISSN 0927-5940. - Vol. 9.2002, 4, p. 367-378
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Springer |
Subject: | health | medical treatment | insurance | redistribution | self-selection |
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