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Presented at the 4th Biennial Conference of the American Society of Health Economists (ASHEcon), Minneapolis, MN, June 10, 2012.
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Pauly, M. Wussinomics: the state of competitive efficiency in private health insurance. Int J Health Care Finance Econ 12, 235–245 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-012-9111-4
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