Reforming Medicare
Subtitle: options, tradeoffs, opportunities
By: Henry J. Aaron and Jeanne M. Lambrew.
Contributors: Lambrew, Jeanne M.; Century Foundation.; Brookings Institution.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780815701248
Subjects: Medicare; Health care reform -- United States; Medical policy -- United States; Medicare -- organization & administration; Health Care Reform -- organization & administration -- United States; Health Policy -- United States
Description: "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.
Notes: "A Century Foundation book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Medicare reform: the stakes; title: A Medicare primer; title: Goals, performance, and options for Medicare; title: Strengthening Medicare as a social insurance program; title: Premium support; title: Consumer-directed medicare; title: Assessing Medicare reform options and prospects.