The Distributional Effect of Universal Health Insurance Provision : A Dynamic equilibrium Life-Cycle Analysis

该项目调查公共提供全民医疗保险(URHI)的影响。研究发现，再分配对福利的影响，而不是对财富的影响--老年人比年轻人赚得更多，低财富者比高财富者赚得更多。我们发现，在考虑到税收扭曲的情况下，大多数OECD国家的医疗保险支出覆盖率可能过高(平均约为70%)，这是一个倒U型福利模式，城市卫生支出覆盖率增加。

This project investigates impacts of public provision of universal health insurance(UHI). A redistribution effect on welfare, rather than on wealth, is found-the old gain more than the young, and the low-wealth gain more than the high-wealth. We find an inverse U-shaped welfare pattern with increased UHI expenditure coverage rates an that the rates in most OECD countries might be too high (the average is about 70%) when the tax distortion is taken into account.