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Public policy and health insurance choices of the elderly: evidence from the medicare buy-in program

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  • Yelowitz, Aaron S., 2000. "Public policy and health insurance choices of the elderly: evidence from the medicare buy-in program," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 78(3), pages 301-324, November.
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