Putting Our House in Order A Guide to Social Security and Health Care Reform

Name: Putting Our House in Order A Guide to Social Security and Health Care Reform
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ISBN: 9780393066029

ISBN-10: 0393066029

ISBN-13: 9780393066029

Edition: 2008

Authors: George P. Shultz, John B. Shoven

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A former U.S. Secretary of the Treasury and an eminent economist tackle the biggest social issue of our time. Of all the issues swirling around the 2008 election, the staggering projected costs for the upkeep of America's largest entitlement programsSocial Security, Medicare, and Medicaidloom with gathering intensity. Government revenues alone cannot solve the problem, but a solution must be found. In this book George P. Shultz and John B. Shoven take a practicaland optimisticlook at the issues at hand, offering an agenda for reform that will make these essential programs solvent. Drawing on a trove of original research, they take stock of the current situation, consider plans on offer…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/17/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 0.58" wide x 0.85" long x 0.09" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



Preface


Introduction



Perspectives



A Story of Success: Healthy People in a Healthy Economy



The Iceberg Ahead



Age and the Labor Force



Social Security



Income for Retirement



Principles for Reforming Social Security



Plans for Reforming Social Security



America's System of Health Care



The Past Is Prologue



How to Improve Health Care



First Steps Toward Change



Medicare, Medicaid, and Health Care Reform



Conclusions



Entitlement Reform at a Glance


Notes


Index