Issue Briefs

ssue Briefs are designed to provide readers with relatively short, analytical research results that are policy relevant. Issue Briefs include the broader context for the research and lay out the range of related policy implications. The publications offer original HSC research results, summarize and make more accessible HSC research results that appear in peer-reviewed journals or report HSC conference proceedings. Most of the Issue Briefs are based on data from the CTS household, physician and employer surveys, CTS Site Visits or the Health Tracking Household and Physician Surveys.

Title	Date	Document Info
The Individual Health Insurance Market	December 2002	Issue Brief No. 58
Cutting Back But Not Cutting Out	October 2002	Issue Brief No. 56
The Role of Health Insurance Brokers	October 2002	Issue Brief No. 57
Growing Physician Access Problems Complicate Medicare Payment Debate	September 2002	Issue Brief No. 55
Wall Street Comes to Washington	July 2002	Issue Brief No. 54
Tax Credits and the Affordability of Individual Health Insurance	July 2002	Issue Brief No. 53
Reversal of Fortune: Medicare+Choice Collides with Market Forces	May 2002	Issue Brief No. 52
Prescription Drug Access: Not Just a Medicare Problem	April 2002	Issue Brief No. 51
Options for Expanding Health Insurance for People with Chronic Conditions	February 2002	Issue Brief No. 50
Triple Jeopardy: Low Income, Chronically Ill and Uninsured in America	February 2002	Issue Brief No. 49
Physicians More Likely to Face Quality Incentives than Incentives That May Restrain Care	January 2002	Issue Brief No. 48
Premium Subsidies for Employer-Sponsored Health Coverage	December 2001	Issue Brief No. 47
Employer Health Insurance Premium Subsidies Unlikely to Enhance Coverage Significantly	December 2001	Issue Brief No. 46
Consumers Face Higher Costs As Health Plans Seek to Control Drug Spending	November 2001	Issue Brief No. 45
Communities Play Key Role in Extending Public Health Insurance to Children	October 2001	Issue Brief No. 44
Wall Street Comes to Washington:	September 2001	Issue Brief No. 43
Physicians Pulling Back from Charity Care	August 2001	Issue Brief No. 42
Stand-Alone Health Insurance Tax Credits Aren't Enough	July 2001	Issue Brief No. 41
Health Plan-Provider Showdowns on the Rise	June 2001	Issue Brief No. 40
Provider Network Instability: Implications for Choice, Costs and Continuity of Care	June 2001	Issue Brief No. 39
Emergency Room Diversions: A Symptom of Hospitals Under Stress	May 2001	Issue Brief No. 38
Defined Contributions: The Search for a New Vision	April 2001	Issue Brief No. 37
Tax Credits and Purchasing Pools: Will This Marriage Work?	April 2001	Issue Brief No. 36
Back To The Future? New Cost and Access Challenges Emerge	February 2001	Issue Brief No. 35
Race, Ethnicity and Preventive Services:	January 2001	Issue Brief No. 34
At the Brink:	December 2000	Issue Brief No. 33
Are Defined Contributions a New Direction for Employer-Sponsored Coverage?	October 2000	Issue Brief No. 32
Wall Street Comes to Washington:	September 2000	Issue Brief No. 31
Health Care Perceptions and Experiences	September 2000	Issue Brief No. 30
Recent Trends in Children's Health Insurance	April 2000	Issue Brief No. 29
Do HMOs Make a Difference?	March 2000	Issue Brief No. 28
Who Has a Choice of Health Plans?	February 2000	Issue Brief No. 27
Insolvency and Challenges of Regulating Providers that Bear Risk	February 2000	Issue Brief No. 26
Local Innovations Provide Managed Care for the Uninsured	January 2000	Issue Brief No. 25
The Scope of Care Expected of Primary Care Physicians:	December 1999	Issue Brief No. 24
Tracking Health Care Costs:	November 1999	Issue Brief No. 23
Who Declines Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance and Is Uninsured?	October 1999	Issue Brief No. 22
Wall Street Comes to Washington:	September 1999	Issue Brief No. 21
How Physician Organizations Are Responding to Managed Care	May 1999	Issue Brief No. 20
Managed Care Cost Pressures Threaten Access for the Uninsured	March 1999	Issue Brief No. 19