- 432 pages
- English
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Social Insurance and Economic Security
About this book
This classic social insurance work has been updated to cover a decade of policy developments and the impact of the recent economic crisis.The book includes in-depth discussion of all major programs to reduce economic insecurity in the United States, including Social Security, Medicare, workers' compensation, unemployment compensation, and temporary disability insurance. The principles, characteristics, and policy issues associated with social insurance and public assistance programs are discussed in detail. The book examines each major cause of economic insecurity and analyzes the appropriate social insurance program for dealing with the problem.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1 Economic Security and Insecurity
- 2 Basic Principles of Social Insurance
- 3 Problem of Premature Death
- 4 Problem of Old Age
- 5 Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
- 6 Problems and Issues in the Social Security Program
- 7 Financing the Social Security Program
- 8 Problem of Poor Health and Health-Care Reform
- 9 Health-Care Reform and Private Health Insurance
- 10 Health-Care Reform and the Medicare Program
- 11 Problem of Occupational Injury and Disease
- 12 Workers’ Compensation
- 13 Problem of Unemployment
- 14 Unemployment Compensation
- 15 Problems and Issues in Unemployment Compensation
- 16 Public Assistance Programs
- 17 Economic Security Programs for Special Groups
- Index
- About the Author