This study established the breadth of socialized Philippine health insurance, known as PhilHealth Sponsored Program. It examined the extent of coverage relative to its target "poor" population, how much coverage rates varied across provinces and the factors likely to explain variation....

This paper seeks to understand the impact of the Medicare Rural Hospital Flexi- bility (Flex) Program on rural resident hospital choice and welfare. The Flex program created a new class of hospital, the Critical Access Hospital (CAH), which receives more generous reimbursement in return for...

State Children's Health Insurance Program : an overview / Evelyne P. Baumrucker and Alison Mitchell -- H.R. 2 : the Medicare access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 / Jim Hahn and Kristin B. Blom -- Federal financing for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) / Alison Mitchell...

The contentious origins of Medicare and Medicaid / Julian E. Zelizer -- Civil rights and Medicare : historical convergence and continuing legacy / David Barton Smith -- The early days of Medicaid and Medicare : a personal reflection / Rashi Fein -- The road not taken : what happened to Medicare...