03037nam 2200589Ia 450 991079086240332120230126203641.00-8179-1556-70-8179-1558-3(CKB)2550000001163252(EBL)1370705(SSID)ssj0000798587(PQKBManifestationID)11459560(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000798587(PQKBWorkID)10743273(PQKB)11152345(MiAaPQ)EBC3301904(Au-PeEL)EBL3301904(CaPaEBR)ebr10622957(CaONFJC)MIL545390(OCoLC)823741839(EXLCZ)99255000000116325220121130d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEntitlement spending[electronic resource] our coming fiscal tsunami /David KoitzStanford, Calif. Hoover Institution Pressc20121 online resource (161 p.)Hoover Institution Press publication ;no. 629Includes index.0-8179-1554-0 1-306-14139-7 Front Cover; Book Title; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Our Coming Tsunami; II. Facing Up to the Elephants in the Room: Medicare and Medicaid; III. Cutting Through the Social Security Fog; IV. There Is No Time Left to Punt Again; V. "The Man Behind the Tree Is You and Me"; Appendices; Appendix 1: The National Debt; Appendix 2: The Federal Budget; Appendix 3: The Potential Consequences of OurCurrent Fiscal Path; Appendix 4: Perceptions, Misperceptions, andMyths About the Problem; Appendix 5: Why the "Problem" Is a ProblemAppendix 6: The Significance of Addressing theProblem Sooner Rather than LaterAppendix 7: What Options Are There to Addressthe Problem?; Supplementary Material:Brief Descriptions of Medicare, Medicaid,Social Security, and "All- Other" Spending; About the Author; IndexDavid Koitz clarifies misconceptions and presents the facts on the impending fiscal crisis driven by spending on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Although these programs are idolized as pillars of the nation's safety net, he shows how they are in fact the largest drivers of our looming fiscal problem. Koitz explains that, if an effective remedy is to emerge, those three programs must contribute heavily to the changes lawmakers consider and offers some policy directions for dealing with them.Hoover Institution Press publication ;629.Entitlement spendingUnited StatesSocial securityUnited StatesEntitlement spendingSocial security353.00722Koitz David1110954MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790862403321Entitlement spending3803837UNINA