Entitlement spending : our coming fiscal tsunami / David Koitz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koitz, David.

Series:

Hoover Institution Press publication ; 629.

Hoover Institution Press publication ; no. 629

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Entitlement spending--United States.

Entitlement spending.

Social security--United States.

Social security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Hoover Institution Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

David Koitz clarifies misconceptions and presents the facts on the impending fiscal crisis driven by spending on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Although these programs are idolized as pillars of the nation's safety net, he shows how they are in fact the largest drivers of our looming fiscal problem. Koitz explains that, if an effective remedy is to emerge, those three programs must contribute heavily to the changes lawmakers consider and offers some policy directions for dealing with them.

Contents:

Front Cover; Book Title; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I. Our Coming Tsunami; II. Facing Up to the Elephants in the Room: Medicare and Medicaid; III. Cutting Through the Social Security Fog; IV. There Is No Time Left to Punt Again; V. "The Man Behind the Tree Is You and Me"; Appendices; Appendix 1: The National Debt; Appendix 2: The Federal Budget; Appendix 3: The Potential Consequences of OurCurrent Fiscal Path; Appendix 4: Perceptions, Misperceptions, andMyths About the Problem; Appendix 5: Why the "Problem" Is a Problem

Appendix 6: The Significance of Addressing theProblem Sooner Rather than LaterAppendix 7: What Options Are There to Addressthe Problem?; Supplementary Material:Brief Descriptions of Medicare, Medicaid,Social Security, and "All- Other" Spending; About the Author; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780817915568

0817915567

9780817915582

0817915583

OCLC:

823741839