Includes bibliographical references (pages 205-216) and index.
1: Perspectives -- A story of success: healthy people in a healthy economy -- The iceberg ahead -- Age and the labor force -- 2: Social security -- Income for retirement -- Principles for reforming Social Security -- Plans for reforming Social Security -- 3: America's systems of health care -- The past is prologue -- How to improve health care -- First steps toward change -- Medicare, Medicaid, and health care reform