Bosch, Mariano; Campos-Vázquez, Raymundo M. - Centro de Estudios Económicos, Colegio de México - 2010
In 2002, the Mexican government began a tremendous financial effort to provide health insurance, Seguro Popular (SP), to the 50 million uninsured in Mexico. In doing so, the states and municipalities offered virtually free health insurance to uncovered self-employed and informal salaried workers...