1. What Drives Medicare Managed Care Growth?
2. ; V. Vurmans and J. Adamy, “UnitedHealth, Walgreen to Team Up—Insurer, Pharmacy Retailer Plan Prescription Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries,” Wall Street Journal , 18 March 2005
3. ; and Bureau of National Affairs, “PacifiCare Plans to Offer Standalone Medicare Rx Drug Plans Nationwide,” Medicare Report (1 April 2005 ): 391 .
4. Health Spending Growth Slows In 2003
5. See, for example, M. Gold , L. Achman, and R. Brown, “The Salience of Choice for Medicare Beneficiaries,” Managed Care Quarterly 11 , no. 1 ( 2003 ): 24 –34.