Research Catalog

Title

Putting our house in order : a guide to social security and health care reform / George P. Shultz and John B. Shoven ; with Matthew Gunn and Gopi Shah Goda.

Author

Shultz, George P., 1920-2021.

Publication

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

Shoven, John B.

Description

xiv, 226 pages : illustrations; 22 cm

Summary

"Drawing on a trove of recent research, George P. Shultz and John B. Shoven argue convincingly that while the difficulties with Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid are legion, American ingenuity and economic growth, coupled with the right strategy, can bring things under control. They take stock of the current situation and chart a course toward a system that provides income for the elderly and universal access to health care in ways that are fiscally sound. The authors present their own suggestions and also give serious consideration to solutions advanced by others in the field, making the book a true citizen's guide to all points of view."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Social security > United States > Management
• Health care reform > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-216) and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Perspectives -- 1. A Story of Success: Healthy People in a Healthy Economy -- 2. The Iceberg Ahead -- 3. Age and the Labor Force -- Pt. 2. Social Security -- 4. Income for Retirement -- 5. Principles for Reforming Social Security -- 6. Plans for Reforming Social Security -- Pt. 3. America's System of Health Care -- 7. The Past Is Prologue -- 8. How to Improve Health Care -- 9. First Steps Toward Change -- 10. Medicare, Medicaid, and Health Care Reform -- 11. Conclusions -- App. Entitlement Reform at a Glance.

ISBN

• 9780393066029 (hbk.)
• 0393066029 (hbk.)

LCCN

• 2008001783
• 40015352162

OCLC

• ocn181139446
• 181139446
• SCSB-9039040

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries