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Research Report Understanding Changes in Young Metropolitan Men's Sexual Activity
The authors analyze three cohorts of unmarried metropolitan teenage males: those aged 17-19 in 1979, in 1988 and in 1995. These time frames capture a period of increasing (1979 to 1988) then decreasing (1988 to 1995) sexual activity. By examining time periods with reversing trends, the authors offer
Research Report Health Care Market Competition in Six States
Price competition seems to have increased health insurance coverage for low-income people by giving Medicaid agencies better value for their money, according to this paper. Many states have used these savings to expand eligibility for Medicaid or other public coverage. On the other hand, this new
Testimony Healthy Families and Medi-Cal for Children Enrollment Issues
Urban Institute researcher, Michael Fix, testifies before the California Legislature, Joint Oversight Hearing of the Assembly Committees on Health and Insurance and Senate committee Health and Human Services and Insurance on some of the immigration and immigrant policies that may be serving as
Research Report The Extraordinary Growth in State Government Revenues
Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle examines what he finds may be the most remarkable changes in government fiscal policy in this century: the growth in relative power and revenues of state governments.
Research Report The 1998 Tax Bill: Setting A Higher Standard?
Senior Fellow Eugene Steuerle examines the merits of a tax bill. He finds that if the procedure followed in drafting this bill would set a standard for the future tax legislation, there is some hope that we will soon see the end to the legislative tendency to add ever increasing levels of complexity
Research Report Serving Noncustodial Parents Through Welfare-to-Work Grants
By providing the noncustodial fathers of children who are receiving cash assistance with employment services funded by Welfare to Work (WtW) grants, the earnings of the fathers will rise, and some of the fathers' increased earnings will be passed on to their children as child support. This report
Research Report Transformations in Public Health Systems
[ Health Affairs] Public health systems are undergoing major changes. Historically, population-oriented services framed the responsibilities of the public health system. Yet over time, clinical services, particularly maternal and child health care, became an important component. More recently, many
Brief Why Press Medicare and Not the Insurers?
[Newsday] What a difference a year makes. In 1997, the Republican-led Congress was celebrating passage of legislation to expand options for private plans to participate in the Medicare program. The goal was to have elderly and disabled beneficiaries increasingly choose to enroll in private plans