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| EST. READ TIME 1 MIN.Medically Uninsured Americans: Evidence on Magnitude and Implications
Within the United States, the image of the medically uninsured being denied important medical treatment stirs the emotions of the American public, while the issue of how to address this problem has bedevilled American politicians throughout the 1990s and into the twenty-first century. The spectre of the medically uninsured in America haunts Canada as well.
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Carl Irvine
Carl Irvine completed his B.A. (Honours) in Economics at Queen's University, and received an M.A. in Economics at the Universityof Toronto. He is presently a doctoral candidate in Economics at the University of Toronto where his academic work focuses on public policy issues such as taxation and health care. He has written on a number of public policy topics, including market-based health reforms in Europe, Medicaid reforms in the US, and the economics of cigarette consumption.… Read more Read Less… -
Martin Zelder
Martin Zelder is a senior associate at Analysis Group Economics, a Boston-based consulting firm. Previously, he was Director of HealthPolicy Research at The Fraser Institute. He has held faculty positions at the College of William and Mary, and the Australian National University, as well as visiting positions at Northwestern University School of Law, and Michigan State University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, where he completed his dissertation under Nobel Laureate Gary S. Becker.… Read more Read Less…
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