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From The Editor

The Ebb And Flow Of New Federalism John K. Iglehart [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Journal Article

Devolution of power: an interim report card M S Sparer [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Assessing the new federalism: an introduction A Kondratas, A Weil, and N Goldstein [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A different kind of 'new federalism'? The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 L M Nichols and L J Blumberg [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicaid managed care in thirteen states J Holahan, S Zuckerman, A Evans, and S Rangarajan [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Transformations in public health systems S Wall [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

State policy on long-term care for the elderly J M Wiener and D G Stevenson [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Publicly subsidized health insurance: a typology of state approaches S Rajan [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Changing state and federal payment policies for Medicaid disproportionate-share hospitals T A Coughlin and D Liska [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Welfare and immigration reforms: unintended side effects for Medicaid M R Ellwood and L Ku [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A broader vision for managed care, Part 1: Measuring the benefit to communities M Schlesinger and B Gray [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Access to care: how much difference does Medicaid make? M L Berk and C L Schur [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

Balanced federalism and health system reform. The Reforming States Group [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

Medicaid's problem children: eligible but not enrolled T M Selden, J S Banthin, and J W Cohen [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Mental health insurance in the 1990s: are employers offering less to more? G A Jensen, K Rost, R P Burton, and M Bulycheva [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Consolidation of the inpatient medical rehabilitation industry B Wheatley, G DeJong, and J Sutton [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Managed competition in practice: 'value purchasing' by fourteen employers J Maxwell, F Briscoe, S Davidson, L Eisen, M Robbins, P Temin, and C Young [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Independent practice association physician groups in California K Grumbach, J Coffman, K Vranizan, N Blick, and E H O'Neil [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Managed care and low-income populations: recent state experiences M Lillie-Blanton and B Lyons [Abstract] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

Creating partnerships with clinic associations to preserve the safety net J Schacht [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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

UpDate

How will states implement children's health insurance programs? T Riley, C Pernice, and R Mollica [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Dealing with Dolly: inside the National Bioethics Advisory Commission F G Miller, A L Caplan, and J C Fletcher [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Publications & Reports [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

Surprise: Workers, Not Their Bosses Pay For Health Coverage Jack A. Meyer [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

A Visionary Framework J. Fraser Mustard [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Health Care And Consumers: Some Amplification Regina E. Herzlinger [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Care And Consumers: The Author Responds James C. Robinson [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Can Physicians Manage Physicians? Alan R. Zwerner [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Medicare Reform Joseph White [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Insurance For Low-Income Adults: The Issue Of Hispanics Anthony P. Polednak [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Emergency Departments Are Not The Problem Robert H. Potts Jr. [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The 'Shoe-Box Effect' Brenda Motheral, Fred Teitelbaum, and Barrett Toan [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Doctors As Decisionmakers Jim Gilligan [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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