Universal coverage: Building on medicare and employer financing

K. Davis, C. Schoen

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Abstract

Universal coverage requires a strategy to sever the link between insurance coverage and employment in order to build a more stable insurance base. Universality also will require subsidies to make coverage affordable. Given these realities, the authors evaluate different financing proposals-employer and individual premium mandates and taxes-in terms of equity, affordability, and administrative and political criteria. An expansion of Medicare offers an insurance alternative that takes advantage of existing administrative structures of national scope.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)7-20
Number of pages14
JournalHealth Affairs
Volume13
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 1994
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Health Policy

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