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- catalog abstract ""In his book White discusses the rationale for "social insurance" programs such as Social Security and Medicare and how it relates to fears of out-of-control "entitlements." He looks at important disagreements about how the programs currently work and how their financing relates to the federal budget as a whole. He argues that changing demographics do pose challenges but that both equity and the economy would be better served by incremental reforms that preserve the programs' basic structure than by more radical proposals." "White's foremost contribution is to cut through the thicket of political rhetoric and fuzzy thinking in a book that goes to the heart of the choices that must now be addressed and demonstrates that there are a number of reasonable options available. In the process, White subjects the most prominent proposals for reform - including his own - to a level of scrutiny that will benefit all readers who care about the future of these programs."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12228080.
- catalog coverage "United States".
- catalog created "c2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "c2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2001.".
- catalog description ""In his book White discusses the rationale for "social insurance" programs such as Social Security and Medicare and how it relates to fears of out-of-control "entitlements." He looks at important disagreements about how the programs currently work and how their financing relates to the federal budget as a whole. He argues that changing demographics do pose challenges but that both equity and the economy would be better served by incremental reforms that preserve the programs' basic structure than by more radical proposals." "White's foremost contribution is to cut through the thicket of political rhetoric and fuzzy thinking in a book that goes to the heart of the choices that must now be addressed and demonstrates that there are a number of reasonable options available. In the process, White subjects the most prominent proposals for reform - including his own - to a level of scrutiny that will benefit all readers who care about the future of these programs."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Foreword / Richard C. Leone. 1. Introduction: Saving What, from What? -- pt. I. The Stakes: What Social Security and Medicare Do. 2. Why Americans Trust Social Insurance and Distrust Entitlements. 3. Social Security. 4. Medicare's Structure, Benefits, and Financing -- pt. II. Challenges That Are Not Crises. 5. Why All the Fuss? The Story behind the Savings Crusade. 6. Can Americans Afford to Grow Old and Sick? 7. Exploiting Our Grandchildren? -- pt. III. Reforms That Would Not Be Improvements. 8. Privatizing Security? 9. Medicare Vouchers: Not Ready for Prime Time. 10. Too Young or Too Rich for Social Insurance? -- pt. IV. Responsible Reform. 11. Moderate, Though Hardly Modest, Reforms. 12. Real Responsibility.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-299) and index.".
- catalog extent "xxv, 311 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "False alarm.".
- catalog identifier "0801866650".
- catalog isFormatOf "False alarm.".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "c2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,".
- catalog relation "False alarm.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "368.4/3/00973 21".
- catalog subject "HD7125 .W473 2001".
- catalog subject "Medicare.".
- catalog subject "Social Security".
- catalog subject "Social security United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foreword / Richard C. Leone. 1. Introduction: Saving What, from What? -- pt. I. The Stakes: What Social Security and Medicare Do. 2. Why Americans Trust Social Insurance and Distrust Entitlements. 3. Social Security. 4. Medicare's Structure, Benefits, and Financing -- pt. II. Challenges That Are Not Crises. 5. Why All the Fuss? The Story behind the Savings Crusade. 6. Can Americans Afford to Grow Old and Sick? 7. Exploiting Our Grandchildren? -- pt. III. Reforms That Would Not Be Improvements. 8. Privatizing Security? 9. Medicare Vouchers: Not Ready for Prime Time. 10. Too Young or Too Rich for Social Insurance? -- pt. IV. Responsible Reform. 11. Moderate, Though Hardly Modest, Reforms. 12. Real Responsibility.".
- catalog title "False alarm : why the greatest threat to social security and medicare is the campaign to "save" them / Joseph White.".
- catalog type "text".