Mark Pauly, an economist at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, was one of them.

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Moreover, as Mark Pauly points out, here Medicare has an advantage over private insurance, by virtue of punitive power of federal law.

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Moreover, as Mark Pauly has patiently explained in his book, Health Reform Without Side Effects, most people who are initially denied private health insurance coverage due to health reasons ultimately are able find affordable coverage simply by shopping around.

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