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.
Medicare: Preparing for the Challenges of the 21st Century
By: Robert D. Reischauer, Stuart Butler, and Judith R. Lave (eds.)
Published:January 1998
Proceedings from the Ninth Conference. Experts examine the fundamental and technical choices Medicare reform poses for the American people.
Available through the Brookings Institution Press, call (800) 275-1447.