social security

Puts debates about Social Security reform into a historical perspective and explains how the system can continue to meet the needs of the elderly and disabled.

A collection of controversial essays that debate the issues that concern the elderly including health care, the number of caregivers to the elderly, social security, job discrimination, and affordable housing.

Examines the invention and reinvention of universal health care in the United States, examining a wide range of proposals for all-encompassing health reform since the twentieth century and explaining why they have failed.

Offers opposing views on the Social Security system, its current financial problems, and its uncertain future. Includes a conclusion, legal statutes and opinions, sidebars, and appendices for legal research.

Argues that Social Security in the early twenty-first century is as financially stable as it has been in decades and that the arguments that Social Security will be bankrupt in the next twenty years are completely false.

Analyzes several policies of Social Security in the United States beginning with its background and history and then moving on to its problems and controversies. Also discusses social security issues in Canada, Germany, Australia, and other nations, and includes biographical sketches of social scientists along with data and documents. While suggesting that reform is needed does not make recommendations in behalf of reform.

Traces the history of Social Security from its beginning in 1935 under Franklin Roosevelt examining the controvery over the program since that time, and offers alternatives that would eliminate its projected deficit.

Presents the text of twenty-one American social insurance laws in chronological order, spanning 1862-2000, along with essays providing historical context for each. Also includes a time line and a bibliography.

Traces the history of social security in the United States, covering its founding in 1935 to the twenty-first century, including political struggles, indexing benefits to the rate of inflation, controversies over financing, and a list of legislation affecting Medicare.