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Understanding the Social Security Act : the foundation of social welfare for America in the twenty-first century
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dobelstein, Andrew W., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social security--Law and legislation--United States.
- Social security.
- United States. Social Security Act.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 353 p.) : ill.
- Other Title:
- Understanding the Social Security Act
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Social Security Act directs spending for two-thirds of America's Federal budget and drives welfare policy development and spending in the states and local communities. This book provides details about the specific programs administered, the philosophy driving each title and the public policy questions that persist around them.
- Contents:
- The Social Security Act in perspective
- Title II: the program structure of old age, survivors, and disability insurance
- Title II: the policy structure of old age, survivors, and disability insurance
- Title III: unemployment insurance
- Title XVI: supplemental security income
- Who's taking care of the children? Title IV: temporary assistance to needy families and related programs for children and families
- Title XVIII: Medicare health insurance for the aged
- Titles XIX and XXI: Medicaid and the state child health insurance program
- Title XX: social services
- The Social Security Act for America's twenty-first century.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199894208 (ebook) :
- 0199894205 (ebook) :
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