The NBER's eighth annual colloquy on "Frontiers in Health Policy Research.

The NBER's eighth annual colloquy on "Frontiers in Health Policy Research," organized by means of David M. Cutler, NBER and Harvard University, and Alan M Garber, NBER and Stanford University, took place onward June 24 in Washington, DC The program was:

John Cawley and Kosali I. Simon, NBER and Cornell University, and Johan Mathis Schroeder Cornell University, "How Did Welfare Reform Affect the Health Insurance Coverage of Women and Children?"

Frank A. Sloan, NBER and Duke University, and Jan Ostermann and Derek s Brown, Duke University, "The Rising richness of Medicare and Improvements in Survival and Functioning Among the U somewhat old ...