Road Map to American Health Care

ⁱ Journal of the American Medical Association, 1992, vol. 268

ⁱⁱ William M. Mercer study, cited in "Where's Managed Care Headed?" by Ken Terry, Medical Economics, April 10, 2000.

ⁱⁱⁱ US Census Bureau, Health Insurance Coverage: 1998. In pure numbers, 168 million had employment-based coverage.

^iv In 1998, 13 percent of Americans, or 36 million people, had Medicare. Ten percent of Americans - 28 million people - had Medicaid.

^v Kaiser Family Foundation, "How Has Health Insurance Coverage in America Changed?"

^vi UC Berkeley analysis of March Population Survey, 1995-1999, in "Health Care Trends and Indicators in California and the United States," Kaiser Family Foundation.

^vii A worker's share for single person coverage went from 18 to 35 percent, and for families from 28 to 38 percent. See: "Small Employers and Their Health Benefits, 1988-1996: An Awkward Adolescence." Jon R. Gabel, Paul B. Ginsburg, Kelly A. Hunt. Health Affairs, September/October 1997

^viii See Gabel et al. in Health Affairs, Sept./Oct. 1997

^ix American Association of Health Plans, private communication, 9-5-00.

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