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Reforming Medicare : options, tradeoffs, opportunities / Henry J. Aaron, Jeanne M. Lambrew with Patrick F. Healy

Author
Aaron, Henry J.
Published
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2008]
Copyright Date
©2008
Physical Description
xi, 202 pages ; 24 cm
Additional Creators
Lambrew, Jeanne M., Healy, Patrick F. (Patrick Ferrigan), 1982-, Century Foundation, and Brookings Institution

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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.
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.
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ISBN
9780815701248 (cloth : alk. paper)
0815701241 (cloth : alk. paper)
Note
"A Century Foundation book."
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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