TY - BOOK AU - Aaron,Henry J. AU - Lambrew,Jeanne M. AU - Healy,Patrick F. ED - Century Foundation. ED - Brookings Institution. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Reforming Medicare: options, tradeoffs, and opportunities AV - RA412.3 .A27 2008eb U1 - 368.4/2600973 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Brookings Institution Press KW - Medicare KW - Health care reform KW - United States KW - Medical policy KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - "A Century Foundation book."; Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-193) and index; Medicare reform: the stakes -- A Medicare primer -- Goals, performance, and options for Medicare -- Strengthening Medicare as a social insurance program -- Premium support -- Consumer-directed Medicare -- Assessing Medicare reform options and prospects; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2013; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries N2 - "Identifies and analyzes the three leading approaches to Medicare reform: updated social insurance, premium support, and consumer-directed Medicare, rating each on its political viability as well as ability to promote access to health care, improve quality of care, and control costs. Describes incremental strategies that blend elements of each plan"--Provided by publisher UR - http://site.ebrary.com/lib/daystar/Doc?id=10338424 ER -