The future of social insurance [[electronic resource] ] : incremental action or fundamental reform? / / Peter Edelman, Dallas L. Salisbury, Pamela J. Larson, editors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455856003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington D.C., : National Academy of Social Insurance, c2002
• ISBN: 0-8157-9847-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (336 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): EdelmanPeter B; SalisburyDallas L; LarsonPamela J
• Disciplina: 368.4/3/00973
• Soggetti: Social security - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Preface; Contents; PART I: Introduction; 1 Overview; 2 The New Economy: Bolstering the Case for Social Insurance; PART II: Issues in Social Security Reform; 3 Future Investment Returns and Social Insurance; 4 Low-Wage Earners: Options for Improving Their Retirement Income; 5 Assessing Assumptions about Attitudes toward Social Security: Popular Claims Meet Hard Data; PART III: The Future of Retirement Income; 6 The Changing Face of Private Retirement Plans; 7 How Should We Insure Longevity Risk in Pensions and Social Security?; PART IV:The Future of Unemployment Insurance; 8 Issues in Unemployment InsurancePART V: Reflections on Welfare Reform; 9 Welfare Reform after Five Years; PART VI: The Future of Medicare; 10 Medicare's Long-Term Financing; 11 Medicare Management and Governance; 12 Medicare and Markets: The Need for a New Framework to Guide Reform; 13 Chronic Care and Medicare; PART VII: Philanthropic Initiatives in Health Security; 14 Health Foundations Respond to the Uninsured; 15 The San Diego County Health Coverage Initiative; 16 Community Voices: Health Care for the Underserved; Epilogue; The Future of Social Insurance; Contributors; Conference ProgramIndex
• Sommario/riassunto: A Brookings Institution Press and National Academy for Social Insurance publication In this new conference volume from 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. The book opens with a general overview of how economic and political forces will shape the future of social insurance. In the chapters that follow, contributors discuss and debate a full range of related topics, including future So