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Title

Policies for an aging society / edited by Stuart H. Altman & David I. Shactman.

Publication

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2002.

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Additional Authors

• Altman, Stuart H.
• Shactman, David

Description

xvi, 402 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

Publisher description: One in eight Americans today is over the age of 65, and the proportion will increase dramatically in the future. The aging of the population has begun to drive tax and budget decisions and the federal policy agenda, as policy makers and voters look ahead to enormous demands on the health and income security programs. Indeed, it is projected that Medicare and Social Security will constitute nearly half the federal budget in the year 2030, when one in five Americans will be over 65. In Policies for an Aging Society, Stuart H. Altman and David I. Shactman have gathered experts in public and health policy, economics, law, and management to identify the salient issues and explore realistic options. From positions ranging from liberal to conservative, the contributors take a wide view of the philosophical, economic, and programmatic aspects of the social protection programs for elderly Americans. They ask broad questions and propose integrated conceptions of how our society can best provide for the needs of its aging population.

Subject

• Aged
• Aged > United States > Congresses
• Health Care Reform
• Health Care Reform > United States > Congresses
• Health Policy
• Health Policy > United States > Congresses
• Health Services for the Aged > economics
• Health Services for the Aged > economics > United States > Congresses
• Health care reform > United States
• Medical policy > United States
• Older people > Government policy > United States
• Older people > Medical care > United States
• Older people > Services for > United States
• Social Responsibility
• Social Responsibility > United States > Congresses
• Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer Bitterfeld
• United States
• United States > Economic policy
• United States > Social policy

Genre/Form

Congress

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Overview : issues and options for an aging population / David I. Shactman and Stuart H. Altman -- An international perspective on policies for an aging society / Jonathan Gruber and David A. Wise -- Budget estimates : what we know, what we can't know, and why it matters / Henry J. Aaron -- Long-run budget projections and their implications for funding elderly entitlements / C. Eugene Steuerle and Paul N. Van de Water -- Increased public spending on the elderly : can we afford it? / Wendell E. Primus -- The economic consequences of funding growing elderly entitlements / Rudolph G. Penner -- The entitlement crisis that never existed / Joseph White -- The case for universal social insurance / Theodore R. Marmor and Jerry L. Mashaw -- The moral imperative of limiting elderly health entitlements / Richard D. Lamm -- The merits of changing to defined contribution programs / Mark V. Pauly -- The case for retaining defined benefit programs / Alicia H. Munnell -- Private accounts, prefunding, and equity investment under Social Security / John Geanakoplos, Olivia S. Mitchell, and Stephen P. Zeldes -- Changing retirement trends and their impact on elderly entitlement programs / Joseph F. Quinn -- Aligning incentives for a national retirement policy / Lynn Etheredge -- Enacting reform : what can we expect in the current political context? / Norman J. Ornstein -- The politics of enacting reform / Robert H. Binstock -- The financial problems of the elderly : a holistic view / Victor R. Fuchs.

ISBN

0801869072 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2001004975

OCLC

47798262

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library