Henriet, D.; Rochet, J.-C. - Groupe de Recherche en Économie Mathématique et … - 1998
The shares of the public sector in health insurance provision varies enormously from country to country. It is larger … in more redistributive countries. We provide a possible theoretical explanation for these facts: a public health … insurance system, financed by taxes, can be an efficient means of redistribution, complementary to income taxation. This relies …