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- Healthcare - Healthcare Reform - Social Security & Welfare
(see U.S. Politics & Government)

 

 

Healthcare Reform

What Now? - Gawande, Atul - The New Yorker, April 5, 2010, v86, #7, pp21-22

Lessons from the Health-Care Wars - Dreier, Peter - The American Prospect, May 2010, v21, #4, pp29-34

The Health Care Conundrum: Big Problem, Small Solution
- Heller, Peter; Opper, Barbara - The American Interest, September/October 2009, online edition

All the President’s Mandates: Compulsory Health Insurance Is a Government Takeover - Cannon, Michael F. - Cato Institute, Briefing Papers 114, September 28, 2009, online edition, 16p

How American Health Care Killed my Father - Goldhill, David - The Atlantic Monthly, September 2009, v304, #2, pp38-52

States Moving Towards Comprehensive Health Care Reform - Kaiser Family Foundation, May 2009

A First Big Step Toward Medicare Sustainability - Foster, J.D. - The Heritage Foundation, Backgrounder #2253, March 24, 2009, online edition

A Fork in the Road: Obama, McCain, and Health Care - Tanner, Michael - Cato Institute, Briefing Paper 104, July 29, 2008, 28pwelcome

The Crisis in America’s Emergency Rooms and What Can Be Done
O’Shea, John S. - The Heritage Foundation, Backgrounder #2092, December 28, 2007, online edition, 21p

Candidates' Health Care Plans: Take a Chill Pill - Aaron, Henry J.
The New Republic, December 14, 2007, online edition

Tax Code and Health Insurance Coverage - Burman, Leonard E.
Statement before the House Committee on the Budget, Tax Code and Health Insurance Coverage; Testimony published by the Urban Institute, October 18, 2007, online edition, 17p

The $3 Trillion Challenge - Barrett, Katherine; Greene, Richard - Governing, October 2007, online edition

A Proposal to Finance Long-Term Care Services through Medicare with an Income Tax Surcharge - Johnson, Richard W.; Burman, Leonard E. - Urban Institute, June 22, 2007, online edition, 32p


Healthcare Costs and U.S. Competitiveness - Hudson Teslik, Lee
Council on Foreign Relations, Backgrounder, May 14, 2007, online edition

Health Care in Three Acts - Cohen, Eric; Levin, Yuval - Commentary, Feb 2007, v123, #2; pp47-54

Health Care Costs - Kaiser Family Foundation, 2007, online edition

Health System Reconstruction and Nation-Building - Rand Corporation, Research Highlights, 2007, online edition

The First National Report Card on Quality of Health Care in America - McGlynn, Elizabeth et al. - RAND Research Brief, 2006, RB-9053-2, 7p

New System Needed to Measure and Report Health Care Performance - Institute of Medicine of the National Academies Report, November 2005, Executive Summary, 31p. Full text, 294 p.

This Man Wants To Heal Healthcare. Mullaney, Timothy J. Business Week, October 31, 2005, # 3957, pp74-80

Health Information Technology. Health Affairs, Sep/Oct 2005, special issue

Medicaid's Unseen Costs. Cannon, Michael F. Cato Institute, August 18, 2005, Policy Analysis # 548

A Good Start: The House Health Care Reform Bills. Haislmaier, Edmund F., Moffit, Robert E., Ph.D.; Owcharenko, Nina. Heritage Foundation, WebMemo #803, July 22, 2005

Assessing Four Decades of Medicare and Medicaid. Fong, Tony. Modern Healthcare, July 18, 2005, pp6

Modern Perspective. Richard Davidson. Modern Healthcare, July 18, 2005, pp34

Medicare at 40: Past Accomplishments and Future Challenges
AARP (American Association of Retired Persons), July 2005, Research Report, 14p

Health Information Technology: HHS is Taking Steps to Develop a National Strategy. United States Government Accountability Office, May 27, 2005, 92 pages

Medicare Drug Cost Estimates: What Congress Knows Now. Hunter, Derek. Heritage Foundation Backgrounder #1849, April 28, 2005


Welfare & Social Security


Changes in Public Opinion and the American Welfare State - Shaw, Greg M. - Political Science Quarterly, Winter 2009/2010, v124, #4, pp627-656

Housing the Homeless: Is the Solution more Shelters or Affordable Housing?
- Katel, Peter - CQ Researcher, December 18, 2009, v19, #44, pp1053-1076

Understanding Obamacare - Mitchell, Luke - Harper's, December 2009, v319, #1915, pp7-10

Closing the Health Care Workforce Gap - Derksen, Daniel J.; Whelan, Ellen-Marie - Center for American Progress, December 2009, online edition, 35p (PDF)

Dr. James will Make it + Better - Leonhardt, David - New York Times Magazine, November 8, 2009, pp11-22

Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance in America: 2008 - U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, posted September 26, 2009, online edition

America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, July 2009, 216p (PDF)

Can We Put Poor Men to Work? (Video)
- Mead, Lawrence M.
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI), May 27, 2009

Measuring Poverty in the United States
- Fass, Sarah - National Center for Children in Poverty, Fact Sheet, April 2009, 4p

Middle Class Squeeze: Is More Governmental Aid Needed
- Bullterrier, Thomas J. - CQ Researcher, March 6, 2009, v19, #9, pp201-224

"Children and Foreclosures: The Economic Crisis Hits Home" (Audio)
Gordon, Olivia (Moderator); Stagner, Matt; Gould, Ellen Ingrid; Perez, Thomas; Smith, Lewis; Bush, Malcolm - The Urban Institute, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, March 12, 2009

State Pensions or Charity - Hamilton, Alice - Atlantic Monthly, October 2007, v300, #3, pp61-62

How Much Do Americans Spend on Social Security? Kotlikoff, Laurence J.; Marx, Ben; Rizza, Pietro - National Center for Policy Analysis, Policy Report No. 301, August 2007, online edition, 23p

Women and Social Security - American Academy of Actuaries, Issue Brief, June 2007, online edition, 8p

Framework for a New Safety Net for Low-Income Working Families- Golden, Olivia; Winston, Pamela; Acs, Gregory; Chaudry, Ajay - Urban Institute, June 12, 2007, online edition, 56p


Can Block Clubs Block Despair?
- Press, Eyal - The American Prospect, May 2007, v18, #5, pp29-34

Using Carrots and Sticks - Haskins, Ron; Sawhill, Isabel - The American Prospect, May 2007, v18, #5, pp13-16

Brief Analysis of the Social Security and Medicare Trustees’ Reports
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, April 23, 3007, online edition

Status of the Social Security and Medicare Programs: A Summary of the 2007 Annual Reports - Social Security and Medicare Boards of Trustees, April 23, 2007 - (Update 2009)

The Color of Care - Williams-Mbengue, Nina; Christian, Steve - State Legislatures, April 2007, v33 #4, pp30-33

Budget Backlash - DoBias, Matthew - Modern Healthcare, February 12, 2007, v37 # 7, 3p

Consumer-Directed Health Care: Early Evidence Shows Lower Costs, Mixed Effects on Quality of Care - Buntin M. Beeuwkes, C. Damberg, A. Haviland, K. Kapur, N. Lurie, R. McDevitt, and M.S. Marquis. 
Research Highlights, RAND Corporation, Web posted January 29, 2007, online edition, 5p

Welfare Reform and the "Platonic Master Science": An Interview with Lawrence Mead - Kosar, Kevin R; Lampe, David - Public Administration Review, Nov/Dec 2006, v66, #6, 7p

Is Social Security Progressive? Congressional Budget Office, December 15, 2006, online edition, 8p

The Check Is in the Mail - Lawrence M. Mead - First Things, October 2006, #166, pp55-59

Updated Long-Term Projections for Social Security - Congressional Budget Office, Updated June 2006, online edition, 26p

The Never-Ending Dilemma Over Medicare and Social Security - Weidenbaum, Murray - USA Today, May 2006, v134, # 2732, 4p

The Effect of Specific Welfare Policies on Poverty - McKernan, Signe-Mary ; Ratcliffe, Caroline - Urban Institute Research Report, Posted May 23, 2006, online edition, 51p

Can We Afford Social Security When Baby Boomers Retire?
Reno, Virginia P.; Lavery, Joni - National Academy of Social Insurance, Social Security Brief #22, May 2006, 12p

Building Automatic Solvency into U.S. Social Security: Insights from Sweden and Germany
- Capretta, James C. - The Brookings Institution Policy Brief #151, March 2006, 8p.

Paying For It - Schieber, Sylvester - The Wilson Quarterly, Spring 2006, v30, #2, pp 62-69

Is There a System Supporting Low-Income Families? - Zedlewski, Sheila R., Gina Adams, Lisa Dubay and Genevieve M. Kenney - Urban Institute Research Report, Feb 24, 2006

Pension Crisis - Greenblatt, Alan - CQ Researcher, February 17, v16, #7, 2006, 24p

The Continental Divide. Galbraith, James K. Mother Jones, November 2005, v30, #6, pp32-35

Pay for Performance or Compliance? A Second Opinion on Medicare Reimbursement. Dolinar, Richard; Leininger, Luke S. Heritage Foundation, Backgrounder #1882, October 5, 2005, online edition

From Enabling to Bootstrapping: Welfare Workers' Views of Substance Abuse and Welfare Reform. Dohan, Daniel, Schmidt, Laura; Henderson, Stuart. Contemporary Drug Problems, Fall 2005, v32, #3, 28p

The End of Pensions? Lowenstein, Roger, New York Times Magazine, October 30, 2005, p56-, 11p

Can HIT (Health Information Technology) Lower Costs and Improve Quality? Hillestad, Richard et al. RAND Corporation Research Brief, RB-9136-HLTH, September 2005, 5p

Social Security 70th Anniversary Survey Report: Trends Over Time.
AARP Knowledge Management, August 11, 2005, 27 p

Shifting Risk: Workers Today Near Retirement More Vulnerable and With Lower Pensions. Price, Lee. EPI Issue Brief No. 213, July 21, 2005

Retirement Income: The Crucial Role of Social Security. Weller, Christian; Wolff,Edward N. Economic Policy Institute, May 2005






 



















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