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. 2022. Blog posts for
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.
Co-author, "A
Framework for Developing Standard Operating Procedures." Drug
Information Journal, vol. 28, no. 4, October
1994, pp. 937-941.
As Copyeditor/Proofreader/Formatter:
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
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 formatting 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 formatting 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 formatting 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 formatting 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 formatting 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 formatting of Cross-Border
Health Insurance: Options for Texas.
U.S.-Mexican Policy Studies Series, Policy Report
No. 12, Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs,
The University of Texas at Austin. 2004.
Editing and formatting 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.)