Three Technical Papers on a Research and Demonstration Waiver for Medicare Coverage in Mexico
U.S.-Mexican Occasional Paper Series #7
RA 412.3 T48 1999 Public Affairs Library
PAPER I. Options For Extending Medicare Benefits to Mexico. This paper reviews options for coverage and methods of payment for Medicare services. Also reviewed are Demonstration Projects and Waiver Requirements to extend Medicare coverage into Mexico effectively.

PAPER II. Models for Administering Medicare Benefits in Mexico. This paper reviews existing U.S. health care systems for Americans in Mexico and the Mexican administrative infrastructure. A section on Requirements for an Intermediary discusses the importance of fiscal issues related to coverage including claims processing.

PAPER III. How to Evaluate Cost Savings. This paper reviews the background and requirements of the Health Care Financing Administration and provides an overview of Medicare benefits and cost effectiveness.

The Border Health Authority: Issues and Design
By Jeanette Hatcher, Jillian Hopewell, Adriana Guardiola, Kathy Jacquart, Walter Moreau, Jeff Stys, Louis DeNino, and David C. Warner
U.S.-Mexican Occasional Paper Series #6
RA 446.5 M49 B672 1995 Public Affairs Library
Congress created the United States-Mexico Border Health Commission in 1994 to strengthen binational cooperation between the United States and Mexico in addressing border health issues. The goal of the commission is to improve the quality of health care available to citizens on both sides of the border. This paper assesses the current health situation, discusses the costs of ineffective coordination, and recommends ways the commission might carry out its duties. Topics covered include infectious diseases along the border, public health services in U.S. and Mexican border states, cross-border utilization of medical services, past and present transborder cooperative efforts, and an intensive case study of the sister cities of Brownsville and Matamoros. Within each area of research, recommendations are proposed for increased cooperation between the U.S. and Mexico.

The Evolving Protection of State Laws and the Environment: NAFTA from a Texas Perspective
Dan Morales, Office of the Texas Attorney General
U.S.-Mexican Occasional Paper Series #5
HE 8700.8 R662 1981 Public Affairs Library
Analyzes the potential effect of NAFTA on three important Texas industries‹petrochemicals, textiles, and banking. The study reveals the broad range of issues arising around liberalized trade and points to the opportunities and challenges facing investors, managers, workers, and policymakers. It presents issues related to U.S.-Mexican commerce including investment laws and regulations, treatment of intellectual property, labor standards, environmental protection, and transportation systems.

Spatial Concentration in Mexican Industry: A Test of the Benefits versus the Costs
By Geoffrey J. Bannister, Chandler Stolp
U.S.-Mexican Occasional Paper Series #4
HC 140 D5 B36 1993 Public Affairs Library
Explores links between industrial location, concentration, and economic efficiency in Mexican manufacturing. Based on a linear programming approach, calculates indices of overall, allocative, and scale efficiency for Mexican manufacturing industries by state to test whether regions with high levels of industrial concentration suffer from the costs of congestion. The study represents the first application of a distance-function production methodology to measure regional efficiency in a developing country.

Trade Liberalization in Mexico and the North American Free Trade Agreement
By Carlos Cabeza Resendez
U.S.-Mexican Occasional Paper Series #3
HF 1776 C32 1993 Public Affairs Library
Uses microeconomic modeling to propose effective strategies for Mexico's economy, which experienced a very aggressive trade liberalization policy during the late 1980s. The report reassesses the extent of increases in imports, the bias towards consumer goods in imports, Mexico's use of international currency reserves, and changes in the import structure after trade liberalization.

Challenges in the binational management of water resources in the Rio Grande
By David J. Eaton
U.S.-Mexican Occasional Paper Series #2
TC 425 R56 E2 1992 Public Affairs Library

Planning the Border's Future: The Mexican-U.S. Integrated Border Environmental Plan
By Jan Gilbreath
U.S.-Mexican Occasional Paper Series #1
TD 181 S63 R52 Public Affairs Library
Traces evolving binational environmental policies by using testimony from public hearings on the border plan that the Mexican Secretaria de Desarrollo Urbano y Ecologia and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency conducted in 1991. It integrates interviews with border environmental specialists and independent research, and concludes by describing and evaluating the revised 1992 Integrated Environmental Plan.