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The effect of state health insurance benefit mandates on premiums and employee contributions

James BaileyDepartment of Economics and Finance, Creighton University, Omaha, NE, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Nathan BlascakDepartment of Economics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Pages 1042-1046 | Published online: 08 Jan 2016

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