| Description |
ix, 329 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction / Karen Matherlee -- 2. Medicare's Social Contract. The Contract and Medicare Reform / Stuart Butler. Pundits, People, and Medicare Reform / Theda Skocpol. Reflections on How Medicare Came About / Robert M. Ball. Social Insurance Commentary / E. J. Dionne -- 3. Financing Medicare. Preparing for the Retirement of the Baby Boomers / Joseph R. Antos -- Comment / Charles Kahn III -- Comment / Judith Feder -- Comment / David B. Kendall -- 4. Building a Sound Infrastructure for Choice. The Medicare Beneficiary as Consumer / Stan Jones. Structuring Choice under Medicare / Roger Feldman and Bryan Dowd. Restructuring Medicare: The Role of Public and Private Purchasing Alliances / James C. Robinson and Patricia E. Powers. Carve-outs for Medicare: Possible Benefits and Risks / Melinda Beeuwkes Buntin and David Blumenthal -- 5. Fee-for-Service Medicare in a Managed Care World. The Medicare Fee-for-Service System: Applying Managed Care Techniques / Peter D. Fox |
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Organizational Models for Restructuring Fee-for-Service Medicare / David G. Smith -- Comment / Alan Nelson -- Comment / Kathy Buto -- Comment / Thomas Scully -- 6. Leadership and Politics: Four Views / Anthony Beilenson, Sheila Burke and Haynes Johnson [et al.] -- 7. Public Opinion and Medicare Restructuring: Three Views / Karlyn Bowman, Robert J. Blendon and Celinda J. Lake |
| Analysis |
Attitudes |
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Capital investment |
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Forecasting |
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Government expenditure |
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Managed care |
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Medicare (US) |
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Overseas item |
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Social choice |
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Social contract |
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United States |
| Notes |
Papers presented at the ninth annual conference of the National Academy of Social Insurance, which was held in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 23-24, 1996 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medicare -- Congresses.
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Medicare -- Forecasting -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Reischauer, Robert D. (Robert Danton), 1941-
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National Academy of Social Insurance (U.S.). Conference (9th : 1996 : Washington, D.C.)
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| LC no. |
97033931 |
| ISBN |
0815773994 (alk. paper) |
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