Where the boundaries are drawn between collectively financed social security and individually financed private provision affects the lives of everyone and the allocation of a large fraction of the national income.

Tania Burchardt and John Hills use three case studies - insurance against care costs in old age, income replacement during long-term sickness or disability, and cover for mortgage payments if earnings are interrupted - to examine the potential effects of shifts from public to private provision.

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