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An Electronic Briefing Book

Tab 2: Putting Public Programs in Context

"Medicare and Medicaid in Context within the U.S. Health Care System"
Len Nichols, Center for Studying Health System Change, and Katherine Levit, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (PowerPoint presentation)

"Trends in Health Care Spending"
Katharine Levit, Cynthia Smith, Cathy Cowan, Helen Lazenby, Art Sensenig, and Aaron Catlin, Health Affairs, 24, no. 1 (January/February 2003); available at http://www.healthaffairs.org (subscription required)

"Overview of the U.S. Healthcare System"
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services chartbook; available at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/charts/healthcaresystem/

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