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When teaching my introductory health policy class at Duke University, I begin the first day by describing two “laws” that I believe govern all health care systems: Everyone dies Before that, the healthy subsidize the sick The first point is a fact. The second implies a choice (or many choices). The essence of health policy is working out how the healthy will subsidize the sick.
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Taylor, D.H. (2012). Health Reform: The Problems. In: Balancing the Budget is a Progressive Priority. SpringerBriefs in Political Science, vol 7. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3664-5_3
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