1. [Health Care Insurance in France: its impact on income distribution between age and social groups].
- Author
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Fourcade N, Duval J, and Lardellier R
- Subjects
- Age Distribution, France epidemiology, Health Care Costs statistics & numerical data, Humans, Insurance, Health statistics & numerical data, Insurance, Health, Reimbursement trends, Taxes economics, Health Expenditures statistics & numerical data, Income statistics & numerical data, Insurance, Health economics, Social Class
- Abstract
Our study, based on microsimulation models, evaluates the redistributive impact of health care insurance in France on income distribution between age and social groups. This work sheds light on the debate concerning the respective role of the public health care insurance (PHI) and the private supplemental health care insurance (SHI) in France. The analysis points out that the PHI enables the lowest-income households and the pensioners a better access to health care than they would have had under a complete private SHI. Due to the progressivity of taxes, low-income households contribute less to the PHI and get higher benefits because of a weaker health. Pensioners have low contributions to public health care finance but the highest health care expenditures., (Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.)
- Published
- 2013
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