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Record Nr.

UNINA9910449909603321

Autore

Rettenmaier Andrew J

Titolo

Economics of Medicare Reform [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Kalamazoo, : W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2000

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SavingThomas R

Disciplina

338.4/33684/2600973

Soggetti

Health care reform

Medicare -- Economic aspects

Medicare -- Finance

Medicare

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""The Authors""; ""1 - The Rise and FAll of Medicare""; ""2 - A Brief History of Social Insurance for the Aged in the United States""; ""3 - The Theory of Paying for Retirement""; ""4 - Forecasting Earnings""; ""5 - Estimating the Future Cost of Retirement Health Care Costs""; ""6 - Transition to Fully Funded Medicare""; ""7 - Conclusions and Other Issues in the Medicare Reform Debate""; ""Appendix A: Appendix to Chapter 3""; ""Appendix B: Appendix to Chapter 4""; ""References""; ""Author Index""; ""Subject Index""; ""About the Institute""