The Narrative Matters section of Health Affairs publishes personal essays (literary nonfiction) based on firsthand encounters that have a health policy aspect. These "policy narratives" take a story (or anecdote) and grow it beyond one person to include a big-picture view of the subject. The purpose of the Narrative Matters section is to put a human face on the health policy discussions in the other parts of Health Affairs.

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November 2000

	Traversing the digital divide H Burstin, November 1, 2000 [ PDF ] [Reprints & Permissions]

	Despierta! D J Derksen, November 1, 2000 [ PDF ] [Reprints & Permissions]

September 2000

	Doctors have patients, governors have citizens R D Lamm, September 1, 2000 [ PDF ] [Reprints & Permissions]

	Gouging the medically uninsured: a tale of two bills I Wielawski, September 1, 2000 [ PDF ] [Reprints & Permissions]

July 2000

	Selective chaos T Bodenheimer, July 1, 2000 [ PDF ] [Reprints & Permissions]

	What's not to like about HMOs S J Singer, July 1, 2000 [ PDF ] [Reprints & Permissions]

May 2000

	My twelve years in the U.K. health system L M Beier, May 1, 2000 [ PDF ] [Reprints & Permissions]

March 2000

	Voices from the clinic: AIDS then and now A Zuger, March 1, 2000 [ PDF ] [Reprints & Permissions]

January 2000

	Subcutaneous scars V N Gamble, January 1, 2000 [ PDF ] [Reprints & Permissions]

	Out of the shadow N S Calman, January 1, 2000 [ PDF ] [Reprints & Permissions]