• February 04, 2010Web First
  • U.S. 2009 Health Spending Projection

  • Largest Increase in 40 YearsFebruary 04, 2010
  • By Christopher J. Truffer, Sean Keehan, Sheila Smith, Jonathan Cylus, Andrea Sisko, John A. Poisal, Joseph Lizonitz, and M. Kent Clemens
  • January 28, 2010Web First
  • What Drives Medicare Spending Variations?

  • Researchers find price is not the key culprit.January 28, 2010
  • Daniel J. Gottlieb, Weiping Zhou, Yunjie Song, Kathryn Gilman Andrews, Jonathan S. Skinner, and Jason M. Sutherland
  • January 21, 2010Web First
  • Value-Based Insurance Programs

  • Can they be cost effective?January 21, 2010
  • By Michael E. Chernew, Iver A. Juster, Mayur Shah, Arnold Wegh, Stephen Rosenberg, Allison B. Rosen, Michael C. Sokol, Kristina Yu-Isenberg, and A. Mark Fendrick
  • February 1, 2010HEALTH REFORM
  • Whither Health Reform?

  • After the State of the Union Address, three reactions on next steps for Congress and the administration.February 1, 2010
  • January 29, 2010Readers' Choice
  • Top 20 Health Affairs Articles for 2009

  • Here is our list of "top 20" most-read articles from last year...and for the next two weeks these will be free!January 29, 2010
  • Employer Mandate

  • Congress is negotiating final details of proposed requirements that employers pay a substantial share of their employees' health insurance or subsidize coverage of the uninsured.January 15, 2010
  • Individual Mandate

  • Congress is now weighing different versions of a requirement that individuals obtain health insurance.January 13, 2010
  • ‘Shock Me, Tube Me, Line Me’

  • An impressive rescue in the emergency room prompts a doctor to set forth his own version of advance directives—and to challenge common perceptions about care at the end of life.
  • By Boris Veysman