Publications and Reports
Lauren R. Jahnke
As Sole Author, Co-author, or Contributing
Editor:
(See
below for editing/proofreading/formatting publications)
Author,
Decoding Health Insurance (DHI) content on insurance
topics. Newsletters
including Nov. and Dec. 2022, and parts of
others. Blog posts for DHI website including "How to Get Free Help Enrolling in
Individual Health Insurance," "TexHealth
Central Texas Helps Small Business Employees Afford
Health Insurance," and "How West Virginia and the Offices of the
Health Insurance Commissioner Help Consumers." 2022.
Author, Decoding
Health Insurance and the Alternatives: Options,
Issues, and Tips for Saving Money. Book
written for Vercura Publishing, Austin, Texas, 2022
(Revised Edition; First Edition published in 2020). For
sale on Amazon.
Author, "Consultant's Report on
Options for Austin Food For Life." Report for Austin
Food For Life,
Austin, Texas. September 2015.
First author, "Evolution
of Health Insurance Marketplaces: Experiences and
Progress in Reaching and Enrolling Diverse Populations."
Report for Kaiser Permanente and W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
Texas Health Institute, Austin, Texas. July 2015.
First author, "Snapshot of
Medicaid 1115 Waiver and Other State-Based Delivery
System Transformations." Report for Blue Shield of
California Foundation. Texas Health Institute, Austin,
Texas. January 2015.
First author, "Marketplace
Consumer Assistance Programs and Promising Practices for
Enrolling Racially and Ethnically Diverse Communities."
Report for the San Francisco Foundation. Texas Health
Institute, Austin, Texas. May 2014.
Co-author, "Implementing
Cultural and Linguistic Requirements in Health Insurance
Exchanges." The Affordable Care Act & Racial and
Ethnic Health Equity Series, Report No. 1. Texas Health
Institute, Austin, Texas. March 2013.
Co-author, "Impact of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act on Various Population
Groups in Texas, Final Preliminary Report." Report
for the Hobby Center for the Study of Texas at Rice
University and Methodist Healthcare Ministries. August
2010.
Co-author, "U.S.-Mexico Mode 2 Imports
and Exports of Health Services." Report to the
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
(OECD), Paris, France. March 2010.
Author, "Case Study of the Breast
Cancer Services Project." Report for the
Entrepreneurs Foundation of Central Texas, Austin, Texas.
April 2009.
Co-author,
"Global Product Placement: Analysis of Opportunities."
Report for Dell, Inc., Round Rock, Texas. June 2007. (I
was main writer, along with two content experts from Dell;
proprietary, not available publicly.)
Co-author, "Creating a
Successful School-Based Mobile Dental Program."
Journal
of School Health, vol. 77, no. 1, January
2007, pp. 1-6. (For the St. David’s Community Health
Foundation, Austin, Texas.)
Co-author,
Code
Red: The Critical Condition of Health in Texas.
The University of Texas System. 2006. Our white papers on
Medicaid/SCHIP and innovations in other states appear as Appendices B and C
of the 2006 report.
Co-author,
U.S./Mexico
Border Health Issues: The Texas Rio Grande Valley.
Regional Center for Health Workforce Studies, Center for
Health Economics and Policy, The University of Texas
Health Science Center at San Antonio. April 2003.
Co-author, "Toward
Better Access to Health Insurance Coverage for U.S.
Retirees in Mexico." Salud Pública
de México, vol. 43, no. 1,
January-February 2001, pp. 59-66.
Co-author, The Cost of Cancer in Texas,
2nd ed. (Co-author on part 1, first author on
part 2, edited whole report.) Texas Comprehensive Cancer
Control Coalition, Austin, Texas. December 2001.
Contributing
Editor, Getting
What You Paid For: Extending Medicare to Eligible
Beneficiaries in Mexico. U.S.-Mexican Policy
Report No. 10, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs,
The University of Texas at Austin. 1999.
Co-author, The State of Public Health: Local
and State Government Issues in Texas. (Report
resulting from HCR 44 of the 75th Legislature; main researcher
and writer of report as a staff member for the HCR 44
workgroup.) Texas Department of Health, Austin, Texas.
December 1998.
Co-author,
Community
Mental Health Centers Under Managed Care: Authority or
Provider?
Policy Research Project Report No. 128, Lyndon B. Johnson
School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at
Austin. 1998.
Co-author, Consultant’s Report on the
Tennessee Patient Advocacy Act of 1997. (Author
of Chapter 3, “Managed Care Patient Protections.”) Report by
Research and Planning Consultants, Inc., Austin, Texas.
February 1998.
Co-author,
"Trade in Health Care Products between the United States
and Mexico." Chapter 1 in book entitled NAFTA
and Trade in Medical Services between the U.S. and
Mexico. U.S.-Mexican Policy Report No. 7,
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University
of Texas at Austin. 1997.
As Copy Editor/Proofreader/Formatter:
Editing and layout of Counterterrorism and Humanitarian
Policy in al-Hol Refugee Camp in Syria.
Policy Research Project Report No. 224, Lyndon B.
Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of
Texas at Austin. 2023.
Editing and layout of
Intelligence in Defense of Democracy. Policy
Research Project Report No. 221, Lyndon B. Johnson School
of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin.
2022.
Editing and
layout of Domestic
Terrorism in the Digital Age. Policy Research
Project Report No. 220, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public
Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2021.
Editing and
layout of Testing
Methods for Austin Workforce Program Evaluation.
Policy Research Project Report No. 213, Lyndon B. Johnson
School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at
Austin. 2020.
Editing and
layout of Extending
Electric Service to Rural Nepal. Policy
Research Project Report No. 212, Lyndon B. Johnson School
of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin.
2020.
Editing and
layout of Interagency
Performance in Counterterrorism Operations:
Implications for the “Gray Zone.”
Policy Research Project Report No. 201, Lyndon B.
Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas
at Austin. 2018.
Editing and
layout of The
Impact of Securitization on Central American Migrants. Policy Research
Project Report No. 199, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public
Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin. 2018.
Editing and
layout of
Organized Crime and Central American Migration in
Mexico. Policy Research Project Report No. 198, Lyndon B.
Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas
at Austin. 2018.
Editing and
layout of Young,
Hip Austin is Getting Old: A New Experiment in
Confronting the Challenge. Policy Research Project Report No. 197, Lyndon B.
Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas
at Austin. 2018.
Editing and
proofreading of Alejandro Ibarra-Yunez, Mary Collins, and
James Mahady, "Comparative
Analysis of Mexico’s Independent System Operator with U.S.
Peers: Institutional Assessment Structures and Performance
Metrics." Contaduria y Administracion, vol 66, iss
1, 2019.
Editing and
layout of Security
Policy in Mexico: Recommendations for the 2018
Presidential Elections. Policy Research Project Report No. 193, Lyndon B.
Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas
at Austin. 2017.
Editing,
proofreading, and research of "Advancing
Health Equity in the Health Insurance Marketplace:
Results from Connecticut’s Marketplace Health Equity
Assessment Tool." Texas Health Institute, Austin, Texas. October
2016.
Editing and
proofreading of "In
the Wake of the Affordable Care Act: Understanding
Community Barriers and Facilitators to Health Care
Access." Texas Health Institute, Austin, Texas.
September 2016.
Editing, layout,
and cover design of
Sustainability
of Engineered Rivers in Arid Lands:
Euphrates-Tigris and Rio Grande/Bravo.
Policy Research
Project Report No. 190, Lyndon B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin.
2016. [Also for sale on
Amazon]
Editing and layout of Intelligence and
National Security in American Society.
Policy Research
Project Report No. 189, Lyndon B. Johnson
School of Public Affairs, The University
of Texas at Austin. 2016.
Editing and layout of A
Better Life for Low-Income
Elders in Austin. Policy Research Project Report No.
188, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public
Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin.
2016.
Editing and layout of Renewable Energy
Technology for Development in a Remote Area: Oki
Islands, Japan.
Policy Research
Project Report No. 187, Lyndon B.
Johnson School of Public Affairs, The
University of Texas at Austin. 2016.
Editing and layout of Technology
Entrepreneurship in Indonesia and
Kenya. Policy Research Project
Report No. 183, Lyndon B. Johnson
School of Public Affairs, The
University of Texas at Austin.
2015.
Editing and layout of Improving
Austin-Travis County Emergency
Medical Services Integration
with Local Healthcare Networks.
Policy
Research Project Report No. 182,
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public
Affairs, The University of Texas
at Austin. 2015.
Editing and layout of An
Assessment of Mental Health
Services for Veterans in the State
of Texas.
Policy
Research Project Report No. 180,
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public
Affairs, The University of Texas
at Austin. 2015.
Editing and layout of Renewable Energy
Technology for Development in a Remote Area:
Oki Islands, Japan.
Policy
Research Project Report No. 187,
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public
Affairs, The University of Texas
at Austin. 2016.
Editing and layout of International
Water Quality Management in the
Lower Rio Grande/Río Bravo. Policy Research Project
Report No. 177, Lyndon B. Johnson
School of Public Affairs, The
University of Texas at Austin.
2013.
Editing and layout of Economic
and Regulatory Challenges and
Opportunities for US-Mexico
Electricity Trade and Cooperation.
Policy
Research Project Report No. 174,
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public
Affairs, The University of Texas
at Austin. 2012.
Editing and
formatting of Houses
Made of Wood and Light: The Life
and Architecture of Hank
Schubart. By
Michele Dunkerley. University
of Texas Press, Austin, Texas.
2012.
Editing and layout
of "Access
to Health Services for Immigrants in the USA:
From the Great Society to the 2010 Health
Reform Act and After." By David C. Warner.
Ethnic and Racial Studies vol
35 iss 1, 2012, pp. 40-55.
Editing and
layout of "Rate Analysis
and Recommendations
Report," "Rate Analysis
and Recommendations
Summary Report," and "Proposed Austin
Energy Electric Rate
Schedule." Austin
Energy, Austin,
Texas. August 2011.
Editing and
layout of Title
Insurance Regulation
in Texas: Challenges
and Opportunities. Policy Research
Project Report No. 171,
Lyndon B. Johnson School
of Public Affairs, The
University of Texas at
Austin. 2011.
Editing and
layout of Used Motor
Oil Management in the
Ciudad Juarez Area. Special Project
Report.
Lyndon B. Johnson School
of Public Affairs, The
University of Texas at
Austin. 2010.
Editing and
layout of Extending
Medicare to Mexico:
Impact on Mexican-Born
Beneficiaries. Policy Research
Project Report No. 168,
Lyndon B. Johnson School
of Public Affairs, The
University of Texas at
Austin. 2010.
Editing and
layout of Sustainable
Energy Options for
Austin Energy. Policy
Research Project
Report No. 166, Lyndon
B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The
University of Texas at
Austin. 2009.
Editing and
layout of Analysis
of Reinsurance and
High-Risk Pool
Options for Health
Insurance in Texas. Center for
Health and Social
Policy, Lyndon B.
Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The
University of Texas at
Austin. 2008.
Editing and
layout of Executing
Government
Transformation: Case
Studies of
Implementation
Challenges. Policy
Research Project
Report No. 164, Lyndon
B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The
University of Texas at
Austin. 2008.
Editing
and layout of Reducing
the Carbon
Footprint of
Global
Transportation,
Volumes I, II, and
III. Policy
Research Project
Report No. 163,
Lyndon B. Johnson
School of Public
Affairs, The
University of Texas
at Austin. 2008.
Editing and
layout of The
Future of the
South Saskatchewan
River Basin:
Stakeholder
Perspectives. Policy
Research Project
Report No. 162, Lyndon
B. Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The
University of Texas at
Austin. 2008.
Editing and
layout of What
do Groundwater
Users Want?
Desired Future
Conditions for
Groundwater in
the Texas Hill
Country. Policy Research
Project Report No. 161,
Lyndon B. Johnson School
of Public Affairs, The
University of Texas at
Austin. 2008.
Editing and
layout of Medicare
in Mexico:
Innovating for
Fairness and Cost
Savings. Policy Research
Project Report No. 156,
Lyndon B. Johnson School
of Public Affairs, The
University of Texas at
Austin. 2007.
Editing and
layout of Big
Choices: The Future of
Social Security. Big
Choices Series No. 3.
Center for Health and
Social Policy, Lyndon B.
Johnson School of Public
Affairs, The University
of Texas at Austin.
2007.
Editing and
layout of Care
that Pays for
Itself?
Community
Initiatives to
Reduce the
Cost of
Uncompensated
Health Care.
Policy
Research Project
Report No. 151,
Lyndon B.
Johnson School
of Public
Affairs, The
University of
Texas at Austin.
2006.
Editing and
layout of Big
Choices: The
Future of
Health
Insurance for
Older
Americans. Big
Choices Series
No. 2. Center
for Health and
Social Policy,
Lyndon B.
Johnson School
of Public
Affairs, The
University of
Texas at Austin.
2006.
Editing and
layout of Big
Choices: The
Future of
Health Care
for America's
Families. Big
Choices Series
No. 1. Center
for Health and
Social Policy,
Lyndon B.
Johnson School
of Public
Affairs, The
University of
Texas at Austin.
2005.
Editing
and layout of Cross-Border
Health
Insurance:
Options for
Texas. U.S.-Mexican
Policy Study Series,
Policy Report No.
12, Lyndon B.
Johnson School of
Public Affairs, The
University of Texas
at Austin. 2004.
Editing
and layout of The
Future of
Labor Unions:
Organized
Labor in the
21st Century. Institute
and Seminar
Proceedings Series,
Lyndon B. Johnson
School of Public
Affairs, The
University of Texas
at Austin. 2004.
Editing
and layout of Health
Workforce
Needs:
Opportunities
for
U.S.-Mexico
Collaboration. Regional
Center for Health
Workforce Studies,
Center for Health
Economics and
Policy, The
University of Texas
Health Science
Center at San
Antonio. December
2003.
Editing
and layout of Investing
in Texas,
Financing Health
Coverage
Expansion:
Conference
Proceedings.
Center for Health and
Social Policy,
Policy Paper No. 1,
Lyndon B. Johnson
School of Public
Affairs, The
University of Texas
at Austin. 2003.
Editing and
layout of Investing
in Texas,
Financing
Health
Coverage
Expansion:
Conference
Background
Papers.
Center for
Health and
Social Policy,
Policy Paper
No. 2, Lyndon
B. Johnson
School of
Public
Affairs, The
University of
Texas at
Austin. 2003.
Editing and
layout of Expanding
Health Care
Coverage for
the Uninsured
in Texas.
Policy
Research
Project Report
No. 141,
Lyndon B.
Johnson School
of Public
Affairs, The
University of
Texas at
Austin. 2001.
Editing and
layout of Three
Technical
Papers on a
Research and
Demonstration
Waiver for
Medicare
Coverage in
Mexico. U.S.-Mexican
Occasional
Paper No. 7,
Lyndon B.
Johnson School
of Public
Affairs, The
University of
Texas at
Austin. 1999.
Editing and
layout of Medicare
Benefits for
Recipients
Living in
Mexico:
Proceedings of
a Conference. U.S.-Mexican
Occasional
Paper No. 8, Lyndon
B. Johnson
School of
Public
Affairs, The
University of
Texas at
Austin. 1999.
(Note: Reports above that say "layout" were printed
directly from my formatted Word and PDF files, and reports
that say "formatting" were formatted by me in a Word
template and then typeset by someone else before
publication.)