1. Editor’s Note–Michael Sparer

2. The Medicare Approach: Political Choice and American Institutions–Lawrence R. Jacobs

3. Through the Looking Glass: The Politics of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act–Jonathan Oberlander

4. Protecting Medicare: The Best Defense Is a Good Offense–Joseph White

5. Secret Weapon: The “New” Medicare as a Route to Health Security–Mark Schlesinger and Jacob S. Hacker

6. Medicare as Incubator for Innovation in Payment Policy–Katharina Janus and Lawrence D. Brown

7. Medicare’s Politics: A Commentary–Theodore Marmor

8. Improving the Design of Competitive Bidding in Medicare Advantage–John H. Cawley and Andrew B. Whitford

9. Medicare Matters: What Geriatric Medicine Can Teach American Health Care, by Christine K. Cassel– Robert Hudson

10. Medicare: A Policy Primer, by Marilyn Moon–Jonathan Oberlander

11. Books Received

12. Contributors

John H. Cawley

Robert B. Hudson

Lawrence R. Jacobs

Katharina Janus

Theodore R. Marmor

Jonathan Oberlander

Mark Schlesinger

Joseph White

Lawrence D. Brown

Jacob S. Hacker

Andrew B. Whitford

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