Editor's Note

Michael S. Sparer

Editor's Note
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3): 365-366 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2007-001 [PDF]  

Remembering Bruce Spitz

Michael S. Sparer and Deborah Stone

Introduction
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3): 367-368 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2007-002 [PDF]  

John Abramson

Best Friend
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3): 368-369 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2007-003 [PDF]  

William H. Turner

"Wid Cha Bad Sef!"
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3): 369-372 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2007-004 [PDF]  

Stanley S. Wallack

Colleague Extraordinaire
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3): 372-373 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2007-005 [PDF]  

Linda A. Bergthold

Funny Even When Things Weren't Funny
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3): 373-374 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2007-006 [PDF]  

Rick Curtis

Larger Than Life
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3): 375-377 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2007-007 [PDF] [References]  

Deborah Stone

The Last Honest Policy Analyst
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3): 377-378 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2007-008 [PDF] [References]  

Bruce Spitz

Medicaid Agencies as Managed Care Organizations: An "Actuarially Sound" Solution?
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3): 379-413 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2007-009 [PDF] [References]  

Lynn A. Blewett and Michael Davern

Distributing State Children's Health Insurance Program Funds: A Critical Review of the Design and Implementation of the Funding Formula
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3): 415-455 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2007-010 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Virginia Gray, David Lowery, and Erik K. Godwin

The Political Management of Managed Care: Explaining Variations in State Health Maintenance Organization Regulations
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3): 457-495 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2007-011 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Denis Drechsler and Johannes Jütting

Different Countries, Different Needs: The Role of Private Health Insurance in Developing Countries
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3): 497-534 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2007-012 [Abstract] [PDF] [References]  

Books

   Review

Ramesh Raghavan

Crazy: A Father's Search through America's Mental Health Madness
Pete Earley. Crazy: A Father's Search through America's Mental Health Madness. New York: G. P. Putnam, 2006. 372 pp. $25.95 cloth; $15.00 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3): 535-538 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2007-013 [PDF] [References]  

Rudolf Klein

Can We Say No? The Challenge of Rationing Health Care
Henry J. Aaron and William B. Schwartz, with Melissa Cox. Can We Say No? The Challenge of Rationing Health Care. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution, 2005. 212 pp. $44.95 cloth; $18.95 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3): 539-543 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2007-014 [PDF] [References]  

Jock McCulloch

Beyond the Factory Gates: Asbestos and Health in Twentieth Century America
Peter Bartrip. Beyond the Factory Gates: Asbestos and Health in Twentieth Century America. London: Continuum, 2006. 264 pp. $150.00 cloth.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3): 543-547 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2007-015 [PDF] [References]  

Graham Mooney

Disease and Democracy: The Industrialized World Faces AIDS
Peter Baldwin. Disease and Democracy: The Industrialized World Faces AIDS. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2005. 478 pp. $44.95 cloth; $29.95 paper.
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3): 548-550 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-2007-016 [PDF] [References]  

Books Received

Books Received
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3): 551-553 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-32-3-551 [PDF]  

Contributors

Contributors
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law 32(3): 555-557 (2007); DOI:10.1215/03616878-32-3-555 [PDF]  

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