Who Should Pay for Medicare?

by Daniel Shaviro and Daniel N. Shaviro

Book Overview

Good news first? The good news is that Americans today are living longer, in part because of continual advances in healthcare. But the bad news is that with our aging population larger than ever... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226750760
• ISBN13: 9780226750767
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Quick & Easy Read...but informative

If you didn't realize Medicare was a pyramid scheme, you will after you finish this book. I love Medicare (and big government too) but something has got to change if it is goign to be around when I'm old enough to use it. Specifically, we need to phase-out intergenerational transfers. But putting my own politics aside... This book makes this complicated subject easy to understand for the beginner in health policy or for other interested people. It discusses different ways in which the growth of Medicare can be limited versus ways to generate revenue to cover the costs.