Includes bibliographical references and index.

The New Economy: Bolstering the Case for Social Insurance — William C. Dudley
Parte II. Issues in Social Security Reform
Future Investment Returns and Social Insurance — Richard Berner
Low-Wage Earners: Options for Improving Their Retirement Income — Kilolo Kijakazi
Assessing Assumptions about Attitudes Toward Social Security: Popular Claims Meet Hard Data — Fay Lomax Cook & Lawrence R. Jacobs (con comentarios)
Parte III. The Future of Retirement Income
The Changing Face of Private Retirement Plans — Jack VanDerhei & Craig Copeland
How Should We Insure Longevity Risk in Pensions and Social Security? — Jeffrey R. Brown (con comentarios)
Parte IV. The Future of Unemployment Insurance
Issues in Unemployment Insurance — Janet Norwood (con comentarios)
Parte V. Reflections on Welfare Reform
Welfare Reform after Five Years — Peter Edelman, Wendell Primus, Ron Haskins
Parte VI. The Future of Medicare
Medicare’s Long-Term Financing — Marilyn Moon
Medicare’s Management and Governance — Sheila Burke
Medicare and Markets: The Need for a New Framework to Guide Reform — Mark Schlesinger
Chronic Care and Medicare — Gerard Anderson
Parte VII. Philanthropic Initiatives in Health Security
Health Foundations Respond to the Uninsured — Lauren LeRoy
The San Diego County Health Coverage Initiative — Ruth Riedel
Community Voices: Health Care for the Underserved — Henrie M. Treadwell (con comentario)
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The Future of Social Insurance — Susan Dentzer

The Future of Social Insurance: Incremental Action or Fundamental Reform? is a collection of essays from leading economists, policy experts, and public officials. It examines the challenges facing major U.S. social insurance programs—such as Social Security, Medicare, Unemployment Insurance, and Welfare—in the context of changing demographics, labor markets, and fiscal pressures.