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From The Editor

Medicare And American Democracy John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Crisis facing HCFA & millions of Americans S M Butler, P M Danzon, B Gradison, R Helms, M Moon, J P Newhouse, M V Pauly, M Phillips, U E Reinhardt, R D Reischauer, W L Roper, J Rother, L D Schaeffer, and G R Wilensky [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

Health care for the elderly: how much? Who will pay for it? V R Fuchs [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The political economy of Medicare B C Vladeck [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Budget bills and Medicare policy: the politics of the BBA C N Kahn, III and H Kuttner [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare reform: who pays and who benefits? M McClellan and J Skinner [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Uses and abuses of long-term Medicare cost estimates J White [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Three streams, one river: a coordinated approach to financing retirement L Etheredge [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare: what's right? What's wrong? What's next? G R Wilensky and J P Newhouse [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Will the care be there? Vulnerable beneficiaries and Medicare reform M Moon [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Restructuring Medicare for the next century: what will beneficiaries really need? C K Cassel, R W Besdine, and L C Siegel [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Reexamining the delivery system as part of Medicare reform N A Whitelaw and G L Warden [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare's Choice explosion? Implications for beneficiaries P Neuman and K M Langwell [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare's end-stage renal disease program: current status and future prospects A R Nissenson and R A Rettig [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Public opinion, knowledge, and Medicare reform J Bernstein and R A Stevens [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Demographic issues in Medicare reform D McKusick [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Interview

Bringing Forth Medicare+Choice: HCFA's Robert A. Berenson John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

Covering older Americans: forecast for the next decade S Glied and M Stabile [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Trouble in the nurse labor market? Recent trends and future outlook P I Buerhaus and D O Staiger [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Reversal of fortune: commercial HMOs in the Medicaid market M J McCue, R E Hurley, D A Draper, and M Jurgensen [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Prescription drug coverage, utilization, and spending among Medicare beneficiaries M Davis, J Poisal, G Chulis, C Zarabozo, and B Cooper [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Impact of the BBA on Medicare HMO payments for rural areas J A Schoenman [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Medicare reform: foundations respond to federal policy changes L LeRoy and A Schwartz [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Grants And Grant Outcomes [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

Publications & Reports [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

An Unusual View Of Health Economics Bryan Dowd [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Bloody Business Robert M. Goldberg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Health Spending: Questioning The Assumptions Paul B. Ginsburg [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Functioning In A Different Health Economy Jon R. Gabel [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Cost Control: Don't Count Employers Out John F. Sheils [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The HCFA Authors Respond Sheila Smith for the Authors [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Guidelines for Authors