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Providing health care benefits in retirement

Author: Judith F Mazo; Anna M Rappaport; Sylvester J Schieber
Publisher: Philadelphia : Pension Research Council, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©1994.
Series: Ralph H. Blanchard memorial endowment series, v. 5.
Edition/Format:   Book : Conference publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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This volume highlights many of the special health insurance problems facing the elderly and some of the solutions that the reform process must consider. The contributors to this book represent the diverse professions involved in providing health care security to older Americans: policymaking and academic economists, actuaries, statisticians, physicians, employee benefit plan sponsors, labor union representatives,
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Providing health care benefits in retirement.
Philadelphia : Pension Research Council, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania : University of Pennsylvania Press, c1994
(OCoLC)624981838
Material Type: Conference publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Judith F Mazo; Anna M Rappaport; Sylvester J Schieber
ISBN: 0812232704 9780812232707
OCLC Number: 30157153
Notes: Based on papers presented at a Pension Research Council Conference, at the University of Pennsylvania, May 6-7, 1993.
Description: xii, 263 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Overview / Anna M. Rappaport and Sylvester J. Schieber --
2. Introduction to Retiree Health Benefits / Judith F. Mazo --
3. Is Retiree Health Insurance Crowding Out Retiree Cash Benefits? / Deborah J. Chollet --
4. Adequacy of Employer-Sponsored Retiree Health Benefit Programs / Anna M. Rappaport and Carol H. Malone --
5. The Employer Role in Financing Health Care for Retirees / G. Lawrence Atkins --
6. Long-Term Prospects for Medicare and the Delivery of Retiree Health Benefits / Mark V. Pauly --
7. Managed Competition and the Elderly: An Analysis of Potential Benefits and Pitfalls / William R. Greer and Alan L. Hillman --
8. Resolving the Conflict Between Cultural Values and Limited Resources in Providing Health Services to the Elderly / Sylvester J. Schieber.
Series Title: Ralph H. Blanchard memorial endowment series, v. 5.
Responsibility: edited by Judith F. Mazo, Anna M. Rappaport, Sylvester J. Schieber.

Abstract:

This volume highlights many of the special health insurance problems facing the elderly and some of the solutions that the reform process must consider. The contributors to this book represent the diverse professions involved in providing health care security to older Americans: policymaking and academic economists, actuaries, statisticians, physicians, employee benefit plan sponsors, labor union representatives, attorneys, and health care policy specialists. Issues.

central to the debate are the elderly population's special risk of health problems and its precarious position as health reform proposals unfold. The evolving process of reforming our health care system must reflect the politics and economics of retiree health care coverage. No other book includes such a diverse cross-section of research and opinion about this extremely expensive and valuable benefit. Providing Health Care Benefits in Retirement will be of interest to.

students, scholars, and professionals in areas of human resources, economics, health insurance, and employee benefits.

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