Who Gained the Most Under Health Reform in Massachusetts?

Outlines key components of the state's 2007 insurance coverage reform and the populations targeted. Compares the reform's impact across population groups, by age, gender, race/ethnicity, health status, employment, and geography

Future ep Physics: The Outlook for HERA

The luminosity of the electron-proton collider, HERA, will be increased by a factor of five during the long shutdown in the year 2000. At the same time longitudinal lepton beam polarisation will be provided for the collider experiments H1 and ZEUS. These far reaching upgrades to the machine will be matched by upgrades to the detectors. The result will be a unique facility for the study of the structure of the proton and the nature of the strong and electroweak interactions. The physics potential of the upgraded accelerator is discussed here together with a brief description of the HERA machine and collider detector upgrades.Comment: 13 pages, Late

What Is the Evidence on Health Reform in Massachusetts and How Might the Lessons From Massachusetts Apply to National Health Reform?

Examines the gains in health coverage, healthcare access, use, affordability, and quality Massachusetts has seen as a result of health reform, as well as the challenges in sustaining reform as provider capacity remains limited and healthcare costs rise

The Impact of Health Reform on Underinsurance in Massachusetts: Do the Insured Have Adequate Protection?

Compares the state's uninsurance rate following the 2007 reform to 2006 and national rates, by income. Examines reported problems with paying medical bills to assess the extent to which the "minimum creditable coverage" rule protects against high costs

On the Road to Universal Coverage: Impacts of Reform in Massachusetts at One Year

Examines the early results of the state's efforts to achieve near-universal coverage through a combination of Medicaid expansions, subsidized private insurance, insurance market reforms, and required participation by individuals and employers

Grover Algorithm with zero theoretical failure rate

In standard Grover's algorithm for quantum searching, the probability of finding the marked item is not exactly 1. In this Letter we present a modified version of Grover's algorithm that searches a marked state with full successful rate. The modification is done by replacing the phase inversion by two phase rotation through angle $\phi$. The rotation angle is given analytically to be $\phi=2 \arcsin(\sin{\pi\over (4J+6)}\over \sin\beta)$, where $\sin\beta={1\over \sqrt{N}}$, $N$ the number of items in the database, and $J$ an integer equal to or greater than the integer part of $({\pi\over 2}-\beta)/(2\beta)$. Upon measurement at $(J+1)$-th iteration, the marked state is obtained with certainty.Comment: 5 pages. Accepted for publication in Physical Review

Why Do People Lack Health Insurance?

Currently, 46 million people or nearly one in five nonelderly adults and children lack health insurance in the United States, an increase of 6 million since 2000. The recent rise in uninsurance has been attributed to a number of factors, including rising health care costs, the economic downturn, an erosion of employer-based insurance, and public program cutbacks. Developing effective strategies for reducing uninsurance requires understanding why people lack insurance coverage. This brief looks at the reasons people report being uninsured overall and by key population subgroups (defined by age, race/ethnicity, health status, and family and employment characteristics). We also examine how those reasons have changed over time

Health Reform in Massachusetts: An Update on Insurance Coverage and Support for Reform as of Fall 2008

Provides an update on the impact of the state's 2006 health reform on the coverage of 16- to 64-year olds and on support for health reform. Analyzes demographic characteristics, education, work status, and geographic location of the insured and uninsured