"This book is based on papers delivered at the thirteenth annual conference of the National Academy of Social Insurance, held January 24-25, 2001 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C."--Pref.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Overview -- The new economy : bolstering the case for social insurance / William C. Dudley -- Future investment returns and social insurance / Richard Berner -- Low-wage earners : options for improving their retirement income / Kilolo Kijakazi -- Assessing assumptions about attitudes toward Social Security : popular claims meet hard data / Fay Lomax Cook and Lawrence R. Jacobs -- The changing face of private retirement plans / Jack VanDerhei and Craig Copeland -- How should we insure longevity risk in pensions and Social Security? / Jeffrey R. Brown -- Issues in unemployment insurance / Janet Norwood -- Welfare reform after five years / Peter Edelman, Wendell Primus, and Ron Haskins -- Medicare's long-term financing / Marilyn Moon -- Medicare's management and governance / Sheila Burke -- Medicare and markets : the need for a new framework to guide reform / Mark Schlesinger -- Chronic care and Medicare / Gerard Anderson -- Health foundations respond to the uninsured / Lauren LeRoy -- The San Diego County Health Coverage Initiative / Ruth Riedel -- Community voices : health care for the underserved / Henrie M. Treadwell -- The future of social insurance / Susan Dentzer