Mеdicаrе: Prеpаring for thе Chаllеngеs of thе 21st Cеntury (Confеrеncе of thе Nаtionаl Acаdеmy of Sociаl Insurаncе)
Publisher: Brookings Institution Prеss
Number of Pages: 329
Published: 1998-01
List price: $22.95
In this cross-cutting analysis, some of the nation’s most prominent social insurance experts go beyond recent budget debates to examine the fundamental and technical choices Medicare poses for the American people in the next century. The book begins with a consideration of the underlying social contract between Medicare’s beneficiaries and workers. Pointing out that Medicare historically has had particular significance for civil rights and women’s economic security in addition to providing health security, the authors debate the appropriate social contract for...