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The Reallocation of Compensation in Response to Health Insurance Premium Increases
Jonathan Gruber and Ebonya Washington via National Bureau of Economic Research [NBER] 
Mar. 18, 2003 Working paper available for downloading for $5 from SSRN.com. Excerpt: We study ... the introduction of pre-tax premiums for postal employees in 1994, and then for the remaining federal employees in 2000.... We find that there is a very small elasticity of insurance takeup with respect to its after-tax price ... Our results suggest that the federal government did little to improve insurance coverage, but much to increase health care expenditures, through this policy change. MORE >> |
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