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Medical savings accounts in a universal system: wishful thinking meets evidence

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  • Deber, Raisa B.
  • Forget, Evelyn L.
  • Roos, Leslie L.

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  • Deber, Raisa B. & Forget, Evelyn L. & Roos, Leslie L., 2004. "Medical savings accounts in a universal system: wishful thinking meets evidence," Health Policy, Elsevier, vol. 70(1), pages 49-66, October.
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    1. J.C. Herbert Emery, 2010. "Understanding the Political Economy of the Evolution and Future of Single-Payer Public Health Insurance in Canada," SPP Briefing Papers, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary, vol. 3(2), February.
    2. Maoyong Fan & Zhen Lei & Gordon Liu, 2016. "Discounting of Medical Savings Accounts," American Journal of Health Economics, MIT Press, vol. 2(2), pages 161-183, Spring.
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    5. Evelyn Forget & Raisa Deber & Leslie Roos & Randy Walld, 2005. "Canadian Health Reform: A Gender Analysis," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 11(1), pages 123-141.

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