Title

The Economics of Medicare Reform

Year

2000

Abstract

The authors propose a means for preserving Medicare as we know it. After detailing the reasons for Medicare's financial troubles, they present a cohort-based financing plan for Medicare that represents a fundamental departure from the generation transfer method currently used.

Contents

  1. The Rise and Fall of Medicare
  2. A Brief History of Social Insurance for the Aged in the United States
  3. The Theory of Paying for Retirement
  4. Forecasting Earnings
  5. Estimating the Future Cost of Retirement Health Care Benefits
  6. The Transition to Fully Funded Medicare
  7. Conclusions and Other Issues in the Medicare Reform Debate

ISBN

9780880992114 (pbk.) ; 9780880992121 (cloth)

Subject Areas

EMPLOYMENT and COMPENSATION; Health insurance