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This series from the NBER presents new research by leading economists on current health care policy issues. The papers in this seventh volume, originally presented at the annual Frontiers in Health Policy Research conference held in Washington D.C. in the summer of 2003, reflect the economic challenges faced by policymakers and health care professionals in an age of budget deficits. Topics discussed include prescription drug benefits as a stand-alone component of Medicare, disability rates and Medicare costs, and conversion to for-profit health plans.

Public Health --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Public Health - General --- Health insurance --- Drugs --- Pharmaceutical services insurance --- Medicare --- Nonprofit organizations --- Privatization --- Insurance --- Medical policy --- Medical economics --- Prices --- Costs --- Plans --- Economic aspects --- ECONOMICS/Health Economics --- SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/Public Policy & Law --- Health care policy --- Health policy --- Medical care --- Medicine and state --- Policy, Medical --- Public health --- Public health policy --- State and medicine --- Science and state --- Social policy --- Drug benefit plans --- Drug insurance --- Insurance, Pharmaceutical services --- Pharmaceutical insurance --- Prepaid prescription drug plans --- Prescription drug insurance --- Prescription drug programs --- Medicaments --- Medications --- Medicine (Drugs) --- Medicines (Drugs) --- Pharmaceuticals --- Prescription drugs --- Bioactive compounds --- Medical supplies --- Pharmacopoeias --- Chemotherapy --- Materia medica --- Pharmacology --- Pharmacy --- Assurance (Insurance) --- Coverage, Insurance --- Indemnity insurance --- Insurance coverage --- Insurance industry --- Insurance protection --- Mutual insurance --- Underwriting --- Finance --- Denationalization --- Privatisation --- Contracting out --- Corporatization --- Government ownership --- Corporations, Nonprofit --- Non-profit organizations --- Non-profit sector --- Non-profits --- Nonprofit sector --- Nonprofits --- Not-for-profit organizations --- NPOs --- Organizations, Nonprofit --- Tax-exempt organizations --- Associations, institutions, etc. --- Older people --- Medicaid --- Medigap --- Government policy