Werding, Martin; McLennan, Stuart - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 61 (2015) 2, pp. 484-519
Public health insurance and other arrangements covering health-costs effectively provide insurance against changes in health status. These arrangements engage in burden-smoothing over the life cycle and entail various elements of redistribution. Lack of portability regarding this type of cover...