Editor's Note

Michael S. Sparer

Editor's Note
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(2): 153-157 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2006-034 [PDF]  

Articles

Lawrence R. Jacobs

The Medicare Approach: Political Choice and American Institutions
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(2): 159-186 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2006-035 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Jonathan Oberlander

Through the Looking Glass: The Politics of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(2): 187-219 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2006-036 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Joseph White

Protecting Medicare: The Best Defense Is a Good Offense
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(2): 221-246 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2006-037 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Mark Schlesinger and Jacob S. Hacker

Secret Weapon: The "New" Medicare as a Route to Health Security
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(2): 247-291 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2006-038 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

John H. Cawley and Andrew B. Whitford

Improving the Design of Competitive Bidding in Medicare Advantage
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(2): 317-347 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2006-041 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Commentaries

Katharina Janus and Lawrence D. Brown

Medicare as Incubator for Innovation in Payment Policy
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(2): 293-306 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2006-039 [PDF] [References]  

Theodore Marmor

Medicare's Politics
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(2): 307-315 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2006-040 [PDF] [References]  

Books

   Review

Robert B. Hudson

Medicare Matters: What Geriatric Medicine Can Teach American Health Care
Christine K. Cassel. Medicare Matters: What Geriatric Medicine Can Teach American Health Care. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. 254 pp. $27.50 cloth.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(2): 349-352 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2006-042 [PDF]  

Jonathan Oberlander

Medicare: A Policy Primer
Marilyn Moon. Medicare: A Policy Primer. Washington, DC: Urban Institute Press, 2006. 232 pp. $26.50 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(2): 353-356 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2006-043 [PDF]  

Books Received

Books Received
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(2): 357-359 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-32-2-357 [PDF]  

Contributors

Contributors
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(2): 361-363 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-32-2-361 [PDF]  

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