Contents

Preface

Introduction

 

PART ONE: Perspectives

1 A Story of Success: Healthy People in a Healthy Economy

2 The Iceberg Ahead

3 Age and the Labor Force

 

PART TWO: Social Security

4 Income for Retirement

5 Principles for Reforming Social Security

6 Plans for Reforming Social Security

 

PART THREE: America’s System of Health Care

7 The Past Is Prologue

8 How to Improve Health Care

9 First Steps Toward Change

10 Medicare, Medicaid, and Health Care Reform

11 Conclusions

 

Appendix: Entitlement Reform at a Glance

Notes