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Individual Expenditures and Medical Saving Accounts: Can They Work?

In: Labor Markets and Firm Benefit Policies in Japan and the United States

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  • Matthew Eichner
  • Mark B. McClellan
  • David A. Wise

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  • Matthew Eichner & Mark B. McClellan & David A. Wise, 2003. "Individual Expenditures and Medical Saving Accounts: Can They Work?," NBER Chapters, in: Labor Markets and Firm Benefit Policies in Japan and the United States, pages 157-182, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    1. Martin Feldstein & Jonathan Gruber, 1995. "A Major Risk Approach to Health Insurance Reform," NBER Chapters, in: Tax Policy and the Economy, Volume 9, pages 103-130, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. James M. Poterba & Steven F. Venti & David A. Wise, 1996. "How Retirement Saving Programs Increase Saving," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 10(4), pages 91-112, Fall.
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