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Reforming Medicare options, tradeoffs, and opportunities
Author
Title
Reforming Medicare [electronic resource] : options, tradeoffs, and opportunities / Henry J. Aaron, Jeanne M. Lambrew ; with Patrick F. Healy.
ISBN
0815701500
9780815701507
0815701241 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780815701248 (cloth : alk. paper)
Published
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2008. (Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2015)
Physical Description
1 online resource (xi, 202 p. )
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
"A Century Foundation book."
Description based on print version record.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
"Identifies and analyzes the three leading approaches to Medicare reform: updated social insurance, premium support, and consumer-directed Medicare, rating each on its political viability as well as ability to promote access to health care, improve quality of care, and control costs. Describes incremental strategies that blend elements of each plan"--Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Project MUSE - UPCC Archive Complete Supplement III.
Project MUSE - UPCC Archive Political Science and Policy Studies Supplement III.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 11, 2015
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-193) and index.
Contents
Medicare reform: the stakes
A Medicare primer
Goals, performance, and options for Medicare
Strengthening Medicare as a social insurance program
Premium support
Consumer-directed Medicare
Assessing Medicare reform options and prospects.
Subjects
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Brookings Institution.
Century Foundation.
Project Muse.
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