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The Insurance System and Its Problems

In: A Theoretical Analysis, Performance Evaluation, and Reform Solution of the Health Care System in China

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  • Hong SHENG
  • Lin ZHANG
  • Pu QIAN

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The following sections are included:Purpose of Insurance: To Eliminate Uncertainty and Increase UtilityExisting Understanding and Criticism of the Insurance SystemFurther Questions: The Weakening of the Medical Insurance System Owing to Market MechanismsInsurance Paradox: Insurance Does Not Reduce but Increases Medical CostOther Problems of InsuranceEconomic Subject and Market Under Insurance SystemSummary

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  • Hong SHENG & Lin ZHANG & Pu QIAN, 2021. "The Insurance System and Its Problems," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: A Theoretical Analysis, Performance Evaluation, and Reform Solution of the Health Care System in China, chapter 2, pages 23-78, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
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