Suppose that a purely competitive fi rm offers no health insurance to its employees. Let an employer

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Suppose that a purely competitive fi rm offers no health insurance to its employees. Let an employer mandate for health insurance be enacted. If this causes fi rms’ marginal costs to increase, will the fi rm pay the full cost of the health insurance out of profi ts? Is the mandate likely to increase the fi rm’s marginal costs? Provide a diagrammatic discussion and solution for the fi rm and the market.

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The Economics Of Health And Health Care

ISBN: 9781138208049

8th Edition

Authors: Sherman Folland, Allen C. Goodman, Miron Stano

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