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Medicare
Medicare is an American health insurance programme for the aged and certain disabled persons. Over its nearly 35-year history, it has provided important protections for millions of Americans. However, the programme is facing a number of problems. One concern is that Medicare's financing mechanisms will cease to function in the long run. Many are also concerned that the programmes structure, which in large measure reflects both the health care delivery system as well as political considerations in effect at the time of enactment, has failed to keep pace with the changes in the health care system as a whole. This book examines the major problems that have been plaguing Medicare for years, as well as the possible solutions to them.
Health Care Crisis in America
For those with full health care provided by their employers, the day is bright. But they are becoming more and more like rare birds. Besides the almost 50,000,000 without any health insurance who most frequently let their health deteriorate rather than sitting many hours in emergency rooms, employers are moving towards forcing employees to pay a growing percentage of the ever-escalating price tag. This book presents important information on the trends, laws, and practices in an area of vital interest to virtually everyone in the land.
Independent Payment Advisory Board
In response to overall growth in Medicare program expenditures and growth in expenditures per Medicare beneficiary, the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) was created and charged with developing proposals to ¿reduce the per capita rate of growth in Medicare spending.¿ Contents of this report: (1) Intro.; (2) Medical Inflation; (3) Structure and Operations of IPAB; (4) The Determination Process; (5) The IPAB Medicare Proposal Process; (6) Procedures for Congress. Consideration: Procedures for Considering IPAB-Implementing Bill; Procedures for Considering Joint Resolution Discontinuing the IPAB Process; Additional Considerations; (7) Implementation of Board Medicare Proposals. Charts and tables. This is a print on demand report.
Health Insurance
The health insurance issues and background covered in this new book encompass the latest and most controversial problems and events in an area of crucial interest to everyone. The latest statistics indicate more than 45 million people are currently uninsured; a number which is consistently increasing. This dire situation forms part of a sociological crisis in America where a large segment of the population will be subject to severe health problems while the wealthy enjoy first rate medical care and longevity. Contents: Introduction; Health Insurance and Medical Care: Physician Services under Managed Care; Health Insurance: Reforming the Private Market; The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act; HIPAA): Summary of the Administrative Simplification Provisions; Health Insurance: Explaining Differences in Counts of the Uninsured; Health Insurance: Federal Data Sources for Analyses of the Uninsured; Health Insurance Continuation Coverage under COBRA; Health Insurance for Federal Employees and Retirees; Health Insurance for Displaced Workers; Health Insurance: Uninsured by State, 2001; Health Insurance Coverage: Characteristics of the Insured and Uninsured Populations in 20
Getting by
Getting By offers an integrated, critical account of the federal laws and programs that most directly affect poor and low-income people in the United States-the unemployed, the underemployed, and the low-wage employed, whether working in or outside the home. The central aim is to provide a resource for individuals and groups trying to access benefits, secure rights and protections, and mobilize for economic justice. The topics covered include cash assistance, employment and labor rights, food assistance, health care, education, consumer and banking law, housing assistance, rights in public places, access to justice, and voting rights. This comprehensive volume is appropriate for law school and undergraduate courses, and is a vital resource for policy makers, journalists, and others interested in social welfare policy in the United States.
US Health Policy and Market Reforms
The book provides an overview of the major features of US health care and an outline of the reforms required to impose more discipline on costs without compromising quality and innovation. A major theme is the need for building a regulatory structure around the choices available to consumers to allow them to find higher-value and lower-cost options for the services they need.
Who Cares
The first comprehensive map of the social safety net, public and private, in the United States. Societies are often judged by how they treat their most vulnerable members: the poor and near poor. In the United States, this responsibility belongs not only to governments, but also to charities, businesses, individuals, and family members. Their combined efforts generate a social safety net. In Who Cares, Christopher Howard offers the first comprehensive map of the US social safety net. He chronicles how different parts of American society talk about poverty-related needs. And he shows what Americans do to provide basic levels of income, food, housing, medical care, and daily care. Although the US social safety net is extensive, major gaps remain, particularly impacting Blacks, Hispanics, and individuals who are not employed full-time. Drawing heavily upon evidence from the years right before the Covid-19 pandemic, Howard demonstrates that these problems persist even when the economy seems healthy. Who Cares concludes with an initial assessment of how the social safety net performed during the pandemic.
