Over the past four decades, the share of income devoted to health care nearly tripled. If policy is unchanged, this trend is likely to continue. Should Americans decide to rein in the growth of health care spending, they will be forced to consider whether to ration care for the well-insured, a prospect that is odious and unthinkable to many. This book argues that sensible health care rationing can not only save money but improve general welfare and public health. It reviews the experience with health care rationing in Great Britain. The choices the British have made point up the nature of...
Over the past four decades, the share of income devoted to health care nearly tripled. If policy is unchanged, this trend is likely to continue. Sh...
Voluntary tax compliance and the mechanisms to catch the noncompliant are under stress as tax laws have become more complicated and IRS resources have not kept pace. These events in combination have created a genuine crisis in tax administration. The papers in this volume, prepared by economists, lawyers and accountants, evaluate the capacity of authorities to enforce the tax laws in a modern, global economy and examine the implications of failing to do so.
Voluntary tax compliance and the mechanisms to catch the noncompliant are under stress as tax laws have become more complicated and IRS resources have...
This text analyses the major domestic and foreign policy challenges facing the US over the 2000s. It explores the challenges and opportunities arising from the war on terrorism, economic growth, globalization and an increasingly diverse - and aging - society.
This text analyses the major domestic and foreign policy challenges facing the US over the 2000s. It explores the challenges and opportunities arising...
Academic medical centers provide cutting edge acute care, train tomorrow's physicians, and carry out research that will expand the range of treatable and curable illnesses. But these centers themselves may need urgent careexperts generally agree that many are suffering acuteeven life-threateningfinancial distress. Many academic medical centers are suffering for several reasons: in-patient admissions are down, as many procedures that once required a hospital stay are now performed on an out-patient basis or in a physician's office; managed care plans have negotiated discounted fees that...
Academic medical centers provide cutting edge acute care, train tomorrow's physicians, and carry out research that will expand the range of treata...
For the first time in 29 years, the US federal budget is in surplus and the need to reduce the deficit is not casting a pall over the policy debate. This new, highly accessible book examines the policy options that are available in this new environment to address the new and recurring challenges that face the nation. The book, which continues Brookings' acclaimed and influential Setting National Priorities series, will serve as a guide for understanding many of the complex issues that will be discussed during the presidential and congressional campaigns of 2000. Edited by Robert Reischauer...
For the first time in 29 years, the US federal budget is in surplus and the need to reduce the deficit is not casting a pall over the policy debate. T...
Few people realize that one of the nation's largest health programs runs through the tax system. Reformers of all stripes propose to modify current tax rules as part of larger programs to increase coverage and control costs. Is the current system working? Will tax-based reforms achieve their goals? Several of the nation's foremost experts on taxation and health policy address these questions in Using Taxes to Reform Health Insurance, a joint product of the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and the American Tax Policy Institute. Led by respected economists Henry Aaron of the Brookings...
Few people realize that one of the nation's largest health programs runs through the tax system. Reformers of all stripes propose to modify current...
As the average age of the population continues to rise in industrialized nations, the fiscal impacts of aging demand ever-closer attention. Closing the Deficit examines one oft-discussed approach to the issue--encouraging people to work longer than they now do.
Workers would spend more years paying taxes and fewer years drawing pension and health benefits. But how much difference to spending and revenues would longer working lives make? What steps could be taken to make longer working lives attractive? And what would happen to older Americans not in a position to prolong their work...
As the average age of the population continues to rise in industrialized nations, the fiscal impacts of aging demand ever-closer attention. Closing...
