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Record Nr.

UNINA9911004895203321

Autore

Blevins Sue A

Titolo

Medicare's midlife crisis / / Sue A. Blevins

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : CATO, c2001

ISBN

9786611905484

9781933995816

1933995815

9781281905482

1281905488

9781597340526

1597340529

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 p.)

Disciplina

368.4/26/00973

Soggetti

Medicare - History

Health care reform - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Errata slip inserted.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-121) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Medicare's Midlife Crisis; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Don't Know Much about Medicare?; 2. The Push for Compulsory Health Insurance: Early International and National Efforts; 3. Medicare's Enactment in the United States: From State to Federal Coverage; 4. Did Government Officials Ignore the True Costs of Medicare?; 5. How Has Medicare Affected Seniors?; 6. Reforming Medicare in the 21stCentury: Time for True Choice and Competition; APPENDIX A: Coverage under Medicare Part A: Year 2001*; APPENDIX B: Coverage under Medicare Part B: Year 2001*APPENDIX C: What Medicare's Fee-for-Service Program Doesn't Cover Notes; Index; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Blevins examines the program's origins, its evolution, and future policy options.