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Home >  Books >  An Analysis of Medical Savings Accounts
An Analysis of Medical Savings Accounts
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Do Two Wrongs Make a Right?
By Mark V. Pauly
Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000
An Analysis of Medical Savings Accounts
Dimensions: 8.5'' x 9.5''
50 pages
AEI Press  (Washington)
Publication Date: December 1994
Paperback
ISBN: 0-8447-7027-2
Price: $ 9.95
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This book analyzes medical savings accounts and how they relate to the health care industry.

Mark V. Pauly is the Bendheim Professor and chairman of the Health Care Systems Department and professor of insurances and public policy management at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.



Table of Contents

  1. Standards for Comparion and Judgment
  2. The MSA Proposal
  3. Analyzing Some Close Relatives to MSAs
  4. Analysis of MSAs
  5. Do All Versions of MSAs Have This Property?
  6. Stronger All-or-Nothing Arrangements
  7. Can You Save More Than the Deductible by Buying a High-Deductible Policy?
  8. Equity
  9. Tax Credits Instead of Deductibility
  10. Alternatives to Medical Savings Accounts
  11. Conclusion

Notes
About the Author

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AEI Event: Putting Health Savings Accounts into Practice
Health Policy Studies at AEI
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