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Reforming Medicare: Options, Tradeoffs, and Opportunities (A Century Foundation Book) 1 review
Henry J. Aaron, Jeanne M. Lambrew
Brookings Institution Press, 2008
Excellent Guide to Medicare Policy
Henry Aaron and Jeanne Lambrew are two of the nation's leading experts on health policy. Together they have written an informative and accessible overview of the issues facing Medicare--the federal program that provides health coverage for older Americans and persons with disabilities. Their analysis is commendably free of the rhetoric of crisis that too often infuses discussions of the topic. ...
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Can We Say No?: The Challenge of Rationing Health Care 3 reviews
with Melissa Cox Henry J. Aaron and William B. Schwartz
Brookings Institution Press, 2005
Health care rationing.
Excellent analysis of the health care mess. However, like almost all other such books, it stops short of a solution. For a thought provoking formulation of a solution that provides better health care at lower cost by clearly defining what the health care system is supposed to be accompishing, and squeezing the fat out of the system, see "You Bet Your Life: The Zero Sum Health Care Game", ...
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The Future of Academic Medical Centers
Brookings Institution Press, 2001
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Taxing Capital Income
Henry J. Aaron; Leonard E. Burman; C. Eugene Steuerle
Urban Institute Press, 2007
The question of whether to tax income from wealth has sparked debate since our country's inception. Does taxing capital income ensure the progressivity of our system or merely discourage saving? Would switching our tax code to one that solely taxes consumption be more efficient or only burden middle- and low-income people? And if we were to radically reform the way America taxes its citizens, how could we ensure that vital revenue would not be ...
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Extending Medicare Reimbursement in Clinical Trials
Committee on Routine Patient Care Costs in Clinical Trials for Medicare Beneficiaries, Institute of Medicine, ...
National Academies Press, 2000
Recommendations for changes for reimbursing routine patient care costs in clinical trials to ensure that beneficiaries would not be denied reimbursement merely because they have volunteered to participate. Recommends additional support for selected clinical trials. For clinical trial sponsors, investigators, advocacy groups and insurers. Softcover.
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Economic Effects of Fundamental Tax Reform
Brookings Institution Press, 1996
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Coping With Methuselah: The Impact of Molecular Biology on Medicine and Society
Brookings Institution Press, 2004
Many medical authorities predict that average life expectancy could well exceed 100 years by mid century and rise even higher soon thereafter. This astonishing prospect, brought on by the revolution in molecular biology and information technology, confronts policymakers and public health officials with a host of new questions. How will increased longevity affect local and global demographic trends, government taxation and spending, health ...
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Values and Public Policy 1 review
Brookings Institution Press, 1994
Think tanks bungle yet another topic
The role of values in public policy is certainly a topic worthy of discussion. Unfortunately, this book does not do a fine job of discussing the matter. It presents the typical think tank view of the world - rigidly ideological defenses of policy backed by a boatload of numbers. Values don't work well when forced into the defense of a viewpoint, and work even less when they are being ...
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Behavioral Dimensions of Retirement Economics
Brookings Institution Press, 1999
Deciding when and how to retire are amongst the most important decisions people can make. But do they make sound decisions and plan with foresight? Standard economic analysis says "yes": the essays in this volume raise serious doubts about such a comforting appraisal. The contributors, ranging from economists to psychologists to sociologists, suggest that retirement planning and decisions fall far short of the ideal.
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The Economics of Taxation (Studies of Government Finance : Second Series)
Brookings Inst Pr, 1980
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Politics and the Professors: The Great Society in Perspective (Studies in Social Economics)
Henry J. Aaron
Brookings Institution Press, 1978
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Countdown to Reform: The Greater Social Security Debate1 review
Henry J. Aaron, Robert D. Reischauer
Century Foundation Press, 2001
A great book that informs the reader about the SS debate
The authors provided an easy to read text that gives the reader a basic understanding of Social Security - Old Age Insurance. They provided information of all the current initiatives as well as devoting an entire chapter to a critical review of the privatization plan. Excellent suggestions for reforming the current plan are given that make good sense to the reader. A must read for anyone ...
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Using Taxes to Reform Health Insurance: Pitfalls and Promises
Brookings Institution Press, 2008
Few people realize that one of the nation's largest health programs runs through the tax system. Reformers of all stripes propose to modify current tax rules as part of larger programs to increase coverage and control costs. Is the current system working? Will tax-based reforms achieve their goals? Several of the nation's foremost experts on taxation and health policy address these questions in "Using Taxes to Reform Health Insurance", a joint ...
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Crisis in Tax Administration
Brookings Institution Press, 2004
People pay taxes for two reasons. On the positive side, most people recognize, even if grudgingly, that payment of tax is a duty of citizenship. On the negative side, they know that the law requires payment, that evasion is a crime, and that willful failure to pay taxes is punishable by fines or imprisonment. The practical questions for tax administration are how to strengthen each of these motives to comply with the law. How much should be ...
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Can America Afford to Grow Old: Paying for Social Security
Henry J. Aaron, Barry P. Bosworth, ...
Brookings Institution Press, 1989
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