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dc.contributor.authorRobson, Alex
dc.contributor.authorErgas, Henry
dc.contributor.authorPaolucci, Francesco
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:46:03Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:46:03Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-05-16T22:26:26Z
dc.identifier.issn13221833
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/44009
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents an analytical framework for examining changes in the Private Health Insurance rebate (PHIR) and the Medicare Levy Surcharge (MLS), and uses it to establish three key propositions. First, increases in the MLS rate tend to reduce the elasticity of demand for private health insurance. Second, simultaneously increasing MLS rates and thresholds has a theoretically ambiguous effect on PHI take-up rates. Third, means testing the PHIR can never increase PHI take-up, and will reduce it in some circumstances. The paper concludes with a discussion of the possible consequences of recently proposed policy changes to private health insurance in Australia.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.format.extent432118 bytes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherAustralian National University
dc.publisher.placeAustralia
dc.publisher.urihttp://epress.anu.edu.au?p=151621
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom27
dc.relation.ispartofpageto47
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAgenda
dc.relation.ispartofvolume18
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchApplied economics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHealth economics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBanking, finance and investment
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolicy and administration
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3801
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode380108
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3502
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4407
dc.titleThe Analytics of the Private Health Insurance Rebate and the Medicare Levy Surcharge
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Business School, Department of Accounting, Finance and Economics
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gro.date.issued2011
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gro.griffith.authorRobson, Alex


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