MARKET COMPETITION, COMMUNITY RATING, RISK EQUALISATION AND EFFICIENCY IN HEALTH INSURANCE – A CASE STUDY

Sean D. Barrett

Economic Affairs, 2009, vol. 29, issue 2, 50-55

Abstract: Risk equalisation payments threatened to undermine competition in the Irish health insurance sector, which is already dominated by a state‐owned provider with special access to policy‐makers. The Supreme Court's decision against such payments is therefore to be welcomed.

Date: 2009
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