Health Policy Update

Every other week, The Weekly highlights recent research on health care finance, access to care and other topics. This edition of the Health Policy Update includes research on:

• The effect of Medicare managed care plans on the rate of preventable hospitalizations;
• Factors that influence whether states adopt Medicaid managed care plans;
• Using online resources to improve health care access for Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries; and
• How ethnicity specific health organizations affect health care for minorities.