Social Security and Medicare: A Policy Primer - Rilegato

Kingson, Eric R.; Berkowitz, Edward D.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0865692009 ISBN 13: 9780865692008

Casa editrice: Praeger Pub Text, 1993

Riassunto

Social Security and Medicare are of compelling concern to virtually all Americans because they impact lives so enduringly and directly through the protection they afford and the costs they entail. It is, indeed, the extraordinary social welfare commitment these programs represent and their concomitant expense that provoke such determined support and such fiscal concern. Kingson and Berkowitz provide a thorough, balanced, and highly accessible explanation of Social Security and Medicare. They explain the dilemmas facing policymakers and describe, through historical development, how the programs evolved and their present status. The authors superbly convey the complexity of issues while also clearly presenting the factual information essential to the understanding and discussion. Such key considerations as the adequacy of protection, the financing problems, issues of fairness, the response to disability, and the health care needs of the elderly are particularly focused on--the authors' are sensitive to the social welfare nature of the programs. A truly essential book not only for the classroom but the offices and living rooms of writers, administrators, planners, policymakers, social service practitioners, and the general public.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

ERIC R. KINGSON is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Social Work at Boston College.EDWARD D. BERKOWITZ is Professor of History and Public Policy and Chairman of the History Department at George Washington University.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Praeger Pub Text
• Data di pubblicazione: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0865692009
• ISBN 13: 9780865692008
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 213