From Public to Private Health Insurance: What the Taxman Shouldn't do

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Autor(a) principal: Barros, Pedro Pita
Data de Publicação: 1994
Outros Autores: Castro, Rui, Duarte, Margarida, Gonçalves, Sílvia
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/87914
Resumo: It is the aim of several European governments to develop private insurance markets on the top of public health insurance plans. We look at the effects of tax exemptions as an instrument for inducing individuals to opt out. Tax exemptions on private insurance premiums are shown to be instruments having a substantial degree of uncertainty in their effects. On the other hand, tax waivers based on per capita medical spending to lead individuals (mainly good health risks) to opt out from the social program. This accompanied by an overall increase in state spending (and taxes) due to transfers which must be made, and by an income redistribution effect from bad risks to good risks.
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spelling From Public to Private Health Insurance: What the Taxman Shouldn't doIt is the aim of several European governments to develop private insurance markets on the top of public health insurance plans. We look at the effects of tax exemptions as an instrument for inducing individuals to opt out. Tax exemptions on private insurance premiums are shown to be instruments having a substantial degree of uncertainty in their effects. On the other hand, tax waivers based on per capita medical spending to lead individuals (mainly good health risks) to opt out from the social program. This accompanied by an overall increase in state spending (and taxes) due to transfers which must be made, and by an income redistribution effect from bad risks to good risks.Nova SBERUNBarros, Pedro PitaCastro, RuiDuarte, MargaridaGonçalves, Sílvia2019-11-21T09:44:14Z1994-101994-10-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/87914engBarros, Pedro Pita, Castro, Rui, Duarte, Margarida and Gonçalves, Sílvia, From Public to Private Health Insurance: What the Taxman Shouldn't do (October, 1994). FEUNL Working Paper Series No. 235info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-03-11T04:39:05Zoai:run.unl.pt:10362/87914Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T03:36:46.755217Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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spellingShingle From Public to Private Health Insurance: What the Taxman Shouldn't do
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title_short From Public to Private Health Insurance: What the Taxman Shouldn't do
title_full From Public to Private Health Insurance: What the Taxman Shouldn't do
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Gonçalves, Sílvia
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description It is the aim of several European governments to develop private insurance markets on the top of public health insurance plans. We look at the effects of tax exemptions as an instrument for inducing individuals to opt out. Tax exemptions on private insurance premiums are shown to be instruments having a substantial degree of uncertainty in their effects. On the other hand, tax waivers based on per capita medical spending to lead individuals (mainly good health risks) to opt out from the social program. This accompanied by an overall increase in state spending (and taxes) due to transfers which must be made, and by an income redistribution effect from bad risks to good risks.
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