LEADER 03037nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910790862403321 005 20230126203641.0 010 $a0-8179-1556-7 010 $a0-8179-1558-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000001163252 035 $a(EBL)1370705 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000798587 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11459560 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000798587 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10743273 035 $a(PQKB)11152345 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301904 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301904 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10622957 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL545390 035 $a(OCoLC)823741839 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001163252 100 $a20121130d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aEntitlement spending$b[electronic resource] $eour coming fiscal tsunami /$fDavid Koitz 210 $aStanford, Calif. $cHoover Institution Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (161 p.) 225 1 $aHoover Institution Press publication ;$vno. 629 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8179-1554-0 311 $a1-306-14139-7 327 $aFront 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 Problem 327 $aAppendix 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; Index 330 $aDavid Koitz clarifies misconceptions and presents the facts on the impending fiscal crisis driven by spending on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Although these programs are idolized as pillars of the nation's safety net, he shows how they are in fact the largest drivers of our looming fiscal problem. Koitz explains that, if an effective remedy is to emerge, those three programs must contribute heavily to the changes lawmakers consider and offers some policy directions for dealing with them. 410 0$aHoover Institution Press publication ;$v629. 606 $aEntitlement spending$zUnited States 606 $aSocial security$zUnited States 615 0$aEntitlement spending 615 0$aSocial security 676 $a353.00722 700 $aKoitz$b David$01110954 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910790862403321 996 $aEntitlement spending$93803837 997 $aUNINA