Entitlements and the elderly : protecting promises, recognizing reality
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Entitlements and the elderly : protecting promises, recognizing reality
Avebury, c1996
Available at 17 libraries
Note
Bibliography: P.[159]-168 - Includes index
"Published in association with the Urban Institute Press"
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This work considers the misconception that elderly Americans are well off, can fend for themselves and are assisted by generous public programmes. It proposes an expansion in public responsibility for long-term care financing in a way that does not break the bank.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 The big picture: changing interest in entitlement programs
- the future of entitlements. Part 2 Myths about the elderly: key myths concerning entitlements and the elderly
- economic status of older Americans
- tax liabilities
- contribution of social security
- adequacy of Medicare and Medicaid. Part 3 Understanding entitlements: defining entitlements
- the social insurance trust funds
- common issues for any assessment of entitlements. Part 4 Social security: how should we begin?
- social security benefits formula - how it works
- targeting of benefits - increases for some beneficiaries
- immesiate options for change
- intermediate reform options
- raising payroll taxes
- major structural changes. Part 5 Medicare: the importance of Medicare to older Americans
- distinguishing between short and long-run problems
- incremental changes and the short-run problem
- taxing the value of Medicare benefits
- prospects for major restructuring of Medicare
- changes in eligibility. Part 6 Medicaid and long-term care: the current long-term care system
- why is a public-sectr solution needed?
- how comprehensive should public long-term care coverage be?
- models for limited expansion. Part 7 A combined approach to entitlement reforms: where should change occur?
- where shuld we go from here?
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