The future of social insurance : incremental action or fundamental reform? /
In this new volume from the 2001 annual meeting of the National Academy of Social Insurance, experts offer differing views on what changes will, and must, occur to ensure the continuing viability of Social Security, retirement benefits, unemployment insurance, Medicare, and health security programs....
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Table of Contents:
- 2 The New Economy: Bolstering the Case for Social Insurance / William C. Dudley 16
- Part II. Issues in Social Security Reform 31
- 3. Future Investment Returns and Social Insurance / Richard Berner 33
- 4. Low-Wage Earners: Options for Improving Their Retirement Income / Kilolo Kijakazi 41
- 5. Assessing Assumptions about Attitudes Toward Social Security: Popular Claims Meet Hard Data / Fay Lomax Cook, Lawrence R. Jacobs 82
- Part III. The Future of Retirement Income 119
- 6. The Changing Face of Private Retirement Plans / Jack VanDerhei, Craig Copeland 121
- 7. How Should We Insure Longevity Risk in Pensions and Social Security? / Jeffrey R. Brown 148
- Part IV. The Future of Unemployment Insurance 185
- 8. Issues in Unemployment Insurance / Janet Norwood 187
- Part V. Reflections on Welfare Reform 211
- 9. Welfare Reform after Five Years / Peter Edelman, Wendell Primus, Ron Haskins 213
- Part VI. The Future of Medicare 235
- 10. Medicare's Long-Term Financing / Marilyn Moon 237
- 11. Medicare's Management and Governance / Sheila Burke 243
- 12. Medicare and Markets: The Need for a New Framework to Guide Reform / Mark Schlesinger 248
- 13. Chronic Care and Medicare / Gerard Anderson 257
- Part VII. Philanthropic Initiatives in Health Security 263
- 14. Health Foundations Respond to the Uninsured / Lauren LeRoy 265
- 15. The San Diego County Health Coverage Initiative / Ruth Riedel 272
- 16. Community Voices: Health Care for the Underserved / Henrie M. Treadwell 278
- Epilogue: The Future of Social Insurance / Susan Dentzer 301.
- Pt. I Introduction. 1. Overview. 2. The New Economy: Bolstering the Case for Social Insurance / William C. Dudley
- Pt. II. Issues in Social Security Reform. 3. Future Investment Returns and Social Insurance / Richard Berner. 4. Low-Wage Earners: Options for Improving Their Retirement Income / Kilolo Kijakazi. 5. Assessing Assumptions about Attitudes Toward Social Security: Popular Claims Meet Hard Data / Fay Lomax Cook and Lawrence R. Jacobs
- Comment / Howard Fluhr
- Comment / Cecilia Munoz
- Comment / Robert Rosenblatt
- Pt. III. The Future of Retirement Income. 6. The Changing Face of Private Retirement Plans / Jack VanDerhei and Craig Copeland.
- Overview
- The new economy : bolstering the case for social insurance / William C. Dudley
- Future investment returns and social insurance / Richard Berner
- Low-wage earners : options for improving their retirement income / Kilolo Kijakazi
- Assessing assumptions about attitudes toward Social Security : popular claims meet hard data / Fay Lomax Cook and Lawrence R. Jacobs
- The changing face of private retirement plans / Jack VanDerhei and Craig Copeland
- How should we insure longevity risk in pensions and Social Security? / Jeffrey R. Brown
- Issues in unemployment insurance / Janet Norwood
- Welfare reform after five years / Peter Edelman, Wendell Primus, and Ron Haskins
- Medicare's long-term financing / Marilyn Moon
- Medicare's management and governance / Sheila Burke
- Medicare and markets : the need for a new framework to guide reform / Mark Schlesinger
- Chronic care and Medicare / Gerard Anderson
- Health foundations respond to the uninsured / Lauren LeRoy
- The San Diego County Health Coverage Initiative / Ruth Riedel
- Community voices : health care for the underserved / Henrie M. Treadwell
- The future of social insurance / Susan Dentzer