COVERED: a week-by-week look at the political and legislative developments that led to the creation of Medicare and Medicaid 50 years ago. Bob Rosenblatt, Academy senior fellow and former Los Angeles Times Washington correspondent will report on the people and the maneuvers that led to this major expansion of social insurance.
By: Peter A. Diamond, David C. Lindeman, and Howard Young (eds.)
Published:September 1996
Proceedings from the Seventh Conference. Addresses questions that are key to understanding the future of the cash benefits portion of old-age protection.
Available through the Brookings Institution Press, call (800) 275-1447.