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The Posner Argument for Transferring Health Spending from Old Women to Old Men

Eric Bennett Rasmusen, Kelley School of Business, Indiana University

Abstract

Richard Posner suggests several arguments for increasing health care spending on males and reducing it on females in his book Aging and Old Age. I offer a new formalization of his verbal argument.

Suggested Citation

Eric Bennett Rasmusen. "The Posner Argument for Transferring Health Spending from Old Women to Old Men" Economics Letters 53 (1996): 337-339.
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/rasmusen/49