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You are here > Home > Reading Lists > Healthcare Policy & Politics > False Alarm: Why the Greatest Threat to Social Security and Medicare Is the Campaign to "Save" Them False Alarm: Why the Greatest Threat to
Social Security and Medicare Is the Campaign to Save Them Softcover: 344 pages
With the aging of the U.S. population, there is much speculation about the future of the Social Security and Medicare programs. Will they be able to provide for the increasing number of elderly people? And, if they can, will their cost endanger the federal budget and the economy? Vocal segments of society are calling for radical reform of these programs. In False Alarm, Joseph White makes the case against radical reform, advocating instead for incremental change. "This book is compelling in almost every way. White takes on all challengers, and he does so with clarity and simplicity that downplays the depth of his understanding . . . Although it is intended for a popular audience, it contains all the spending estimates, actuarial tables, projections, data analysis, and comparative policy discussion that should appeal to policy experts." — American Political Science Review "Drawing together an impressive range of existing studies and displaying a dazzling grasp of program and budgetary details, White shows again and again that critics of Medicare and Social Security have hidden highly contested value judgments behind a veil of public-spirited alarmism. Despite treading familiar ground, False Alarm bristles with original arguments." — Health Affairs "Joe White's book is a model of political economy, a clear-eyed analysis of the sense and nonsense in budget projections, the use and misuse of demography in discussions of aging, and a clarifying account of the purposes and constraints of social insurance. For those who wonder about the future of Social Security and Medicare, this is a godsend of a book." —Theodore R. MarmorYale University, author of The Politics of Medicare "Before you sign on for the latest political prescription for 'saving' Social Security and Medicare, make time for this very readable analysis by public-policy professor White. Part 1 describes the status quo: how Social Security and Medicare work and the valuable benefits they provide to society as a whole as well as program beneficiaries. Part 2 addresses 'Challenges That Are Not Crises': claims by opponents that the future costs of these 'entitlements' will sink the national economy and are grossly unfair to younger Americans. Part 3 considers 'Reforms That Would Not Be Improvements': privatization, Medicare vouchers, higher eligibility ages, means testing, and reduced cost-of-living adjustments. Part 4 offers a dozen smaller changes (including continued testing of competition in providing Medicare services) that could help. The key, White insists, is to calm down, recognize the significant value of these programs as currently constituted, and refuse to be rushed into radical changes based on inadequate and distorted information supplied by partisans who obsessively hate Social Security and Medicare. Public policy analysis that matters!" - Mary Carroll, American Library Association Joseph White is Luxenberg Family Professor of Public Policy, Department of Political Science, and Director of the Center for Policy Studies, Case Western Reserve University. If you are interested in policy or books about health care reform, please see our up-to-date collection here: Politics, Policy & Reform. (information provided by the publisher) You may also be interested in / The Directory of Healthcare Recruiters / Jump to a List / Health Administration & Leadership / Physician Executive, Medical Staff & Practice Management / Finance, Accounting, Economics, Billing & Reimbursement / Coding for Hospital, Physician & Clinical Services / Law, Malpractice, Ethics, Accreditation & Compliance / Quality Improvement, Outcomes & Customer Service / Risk Management, Security, Error Reduction & Patient Safety / Information Systems, Technology & Medical Records / Clinical Management & Executive Nursing / Behavioral Health, Social Work & Psychiatry Management / Human Resources, Management & Supervision / Directories, Data, Trends & Benchmarks / Software & CD-ROMs / Gift Ideas & Recommended Gifts / Journals, Magazines & Newsletters / Politics, Policy & Reform / Search for Books / Books Index / Go to / Home Page / Toolbox for Health Administrators / Bookstore |
