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From the Editor

Will Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Endure? John K. Iglehart [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Trends

PROLOGUE: Trends In Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Commercial Health Insurance Industry In An Era Of Eroding Employer Coverage James C. Robinson [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

The ‘Graying’ Of Group Health Insurance Patricia Seliger Keenan, David M. Cutler, and Michael Chernew [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Trends In Retiree Health Insurance, 1997–2003 Thomas Buchmueller, Richard W. Johnson, and Anthony T. Lo Sasso [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Perspectives

PERSPECTIVE: Employment-Based Health Benefits And Public-Sector Coverage: Opportunity For Leadership Helen Darling [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Commercial Health Insurance: Smart Or Simply Lucky? Marsha Gold [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Real Health Plans Manage Care Robert Hurley [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Strategies

PROLOGUE: Employers’ Health Coverage Strategies [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

New Directions For Public Health Care Purchasers? Responses To Looming Challenges Aaron McKethan, Daniel Gitterman, Allen Feezor, and Alain Enthoven [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Effects Of A Cost-Sharing Exemption On Use Of Preventive Services At One Large Employer Susan H. Busch, Colleen L. Barry, Sally J. Vegso, Jody L. Sindelar, and Mark R. Cullen [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Forum

PROLOGUE: Forum On Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Employment-Based Health Insurance: Past, Present, And Future Alain C. Enthoven and Victor R. Fuchs [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Between A Rock And A Hard Place: Understanding The Employer Mind-Set Robert S. Galvin and Suzanne Delbanco [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Employer-Sponsored, Personal, And Portable Health Insurance John C. Goodman [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Policy

PROLOGUE: Policy Initiatives For Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Tax Subsidies For Employment-Related Health Insurance: Estimates For 2006 Thomas M. Selden and Bradley M. Gray [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Massachusetts Approach: A New Way To Restructure State Health Insurance Markets And Public Programs Edmund F. Haislmaier and Nina Owcharenko [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Association Health Plans: What’s All The Fuss About? Mila Kofman, Kevin Lucia, Eliza Bangit, and Karen Pollitz [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Commentary

Balancing The Goals Of Health Care Provision And Financing Martin Feldstein [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Health Tracking

TRENDS: Twelve-Year Trends In Health Insurance Coverage Among Latinos, By Subgroup And Immigration Status N. Sarita Shah and Olveen Carrasquillo [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Supplemental Exhibits] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Intergenerational Differences In Workloads Among Primary Care Physicians: A Ten-Year, Population-Based Study Diane E. Watson, Steve Slade, Lynda Buske, and Joshua Tepper [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Hospital-Physician Portals: The Role Of Competition In Driving Clinical Data Exchange Joy M. Grossman, Thomas S. Bodenheimer, and Kelly McKenzie [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

MARKETWATCH: Extensions Of Intellectual Property Rights And Delayed Adoption Of Generic Drugs: Effects On Medicaid Spending Aaron S. Kesselheim, Michael A. Fischer, and Jerry Avorn [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Appendices][Erratum] [Reprints & Permissions]

FROM THE FIELD: (De)constructing ‘Basic’ Benefits: Citizens Define The Limits Of Coverage Marjorie Ginsburg, Susan Dorr Goold, and Marion Danis [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Exhibit] [Reprints & Permissions]

Narrative Matters

Bleeding-Edge Benefits Jay Himmelstein [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Life And Death And Who’s Going To Pay Philip Musgrove [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Listen to the Author] [Reprints & Permissions]

DataWatch

Employers’ Views On Incremental Measures To Expand Health Coverage Heidi Whitmore, Sara R. Collins, Jon Gabel, and Jeremy Pickreign [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Erratum] [Reprints & Permissions]

Would Safety-Net Expansions Offset Reduced Access Resulting From Lost Insurance Coverage? Race/Ethnicity Differences Jack Hadley, Peter Cunningham, and J. Lee Hargraves [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Statistical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

Out-Of-Pocket Health Spending And The Rural Underinsured Erika C. Ziller, Andrew F. Coburn, and Anush E. Yousefian [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Immigrants And The Cost Of Medical Care Dana P. Goldman, James P. Smith, and Neeraj Sood [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

The Quality Of Chronic Disease Care In U.S. Community Health Centers LeRoi S. Hicks, A. James O’Malley, Tracy A. Lieu, Thomas Keegan, Nakela L. Cook, Barbara J. McNeil, Bruce E. Landon, and Edward Guadagnoli [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch

GRANTWATCH: ESSAY: Foundations’ Impact On Health Policy Daniel M. Fox [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

GrantWatch: Outcomes [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [GrantWatch Online 30 November][GrantWatch Online 14 December][GrantWatch Online 28 December] [Reprints & Permissions]

UpDate

UPDATE: INTERNATIONAL REPORT: After-Hours Care In The United Kingdom, Denmark, And The Netherlands: New Models Richard Grol, Paul Giesen, and Caro van Uden [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Book Reviews

BOOK REVIEWS: A Helping Hand For Private Insurance Markets Thomas Buchmueller [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Libertarian Health Policy Clark C. Havighurst [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Stumbling, Stasis, And Success Lawrence D. Brown [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Letters

Think Local To Cut Fat Michael McGinnis [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Address The Current Workforce Edward L. Baker, Jr. [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

System Change, Then EHRs Patrick Shumaker [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

EHRs: Author’s Response Jaan Sidorov [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Professional Medical Interpreters Suzanne Salimbene [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Ownership Statement Judie Tucker [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Errata

Erratum [Extract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Web Exclusives

The Third Wave Of Massachusetts Health Care Access Reform John E. McDonough, Brian Rosman, Fawn Phelps, and Melissa Shannon (published online 14 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Table of Contents] [Reprints & Permissions]

Massachusetts Health Care Reform: A Look At The Issues John Holahan and Linda Blumberg (published online 14 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Massachusetts Reform Plus President Bush’s Tax Credits: A National Model? Lynn M. Etheredge (published online 14 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Massachusetts Health Reform: Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Beholder Elizabeth A. McGlynn and Jeffrey Wasserman (published online 14 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Massachusetts: More Mirage Than Miracle Tom Miller (published online 14 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: The Massachusetts Model: An Artful Balance Nancy C. Turnbull (published online 14 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

U.S. Health System Performance: A National Scorecard Cathy Schoen, Karen Davis, Sabrina K.H. How, and Stephen C. Schoenbaum (published online 20 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Online Technical Appendix] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Health Benefits In 2006: Premium Increases Moderate, Enrollment In Consumer-Directed Health Plans Remains Modest Gary Claxton, Jon Gabel, Isadora Gil, Jeremy Pickreign, Heidi Whitmore, Benjamin Finder, Bianca DiJulio, and Samantha Hawkins (published online 26 September 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Tracking Health Care Costs: Continued Stability But At High Rates In 2005 Paul B. Ginsburg, Bradley C. Strunk, Michelle I. Banker, and John P. Cookson (published online 3 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

How Common Are Electronic Health Records In The United States? A Summary Of The Evidence Ashish K. Jha, Timothy G. Ferris, Karen Donelan, Catherine DesRoches, Alexandra Shields, Sara Rosenbaum, and David Blumenthal (published online 11 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Online Appendices] [Reprints & Permissions]

TRENDS: Understanding The American Public’s Health Priorities: A 2006 Perspective Robert J. Blendon, Kelly Hunt, John M. Benson, Channtal Fleischfresser, and Tami Buhr (published online 17 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Consumer-Directed Health Care: Early Evidence About Effects On Cost And Quality Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin, Cheryl Damberg, Amelia Haviland, Kanika Kapur, Nicole Lurie, Roland McDevitt, and M. Susan Marquis (published online 24 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Table of Contents] [Reprints & Permissions]

UPDATE: CONFERENCE REPORT: Coordinated Care In A ‘Consumer-Driven’ Health System Jill Mathews Yegian (published online 24 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [Figures Only] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Rearranging The Deck Chairs Marjorie Ginsburg (published online 24 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: What Is Consumer-Directed Health Care? John C. Goodman (published online 24 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Beyond Consumer-Driven Health Care: Purchasers’ Expectations Of All Plans Peter V. Lee and Emma Hoo (published online 24 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Getting On The Soapbox: Views Of An Innovator In Consumer-Directed Care Tony Miller (published online 24 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Consumer-Directed Health Care: It’s Not Whether The Glass Is Half-Empty, But Why Murray N. Ross (published online 24 October 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

On The Front Lines Of Care: Primary Care Doctors’ Office Systems, Experiences, And Views In Seven Countries Cathy Schoen, Robin Osborn, Phuong Trang Huynh, Michelle Doty, Jordon Peugh, and Kinga Zapert (published online 2 November 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Supplemental Exhibits] [Reprints & Permissions]

Developing A Center For Comparative Effectiveness Information Gail R. Wilensky (published online 7 November 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Can A Center For Comparative Effectiveness Information Succeed? Perspectives From A Health Care Company Kathy Buto and Peter Juhn (published online 7 November 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: Getting To ‘Smart’ Health Care Carolyn M. Clancy (published online 7 November 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

PERSPECTIVE: The Emerging Context For Advances In Comparative Effectiveness Assessment John W. Rowe, Denis A. Cortese, and J. Michael McGinnis (published online 7 November 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

Exploring The Public’s Views On The Health Care System: A National Survey On The Issues And Options Marc L. Berk, Daniel S. Gaylin, and Claudia L. Schur (published online 14 November 2006) [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF] [Reprints & Permissions]

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