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100	1		_aRejda, George E.
245	1	0	_aSocial Insurance and Economic Security.
250			_a7th ed.
264		1	_aOxford : _bTaylor & Francis Group, _c2012.
264		4	_c©2012.
300			_a1 online resource (438 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aCover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- 1 Economic Security and Insecurity -- Nature of Economic Security -- Nature of Economic Insecurity -- Causes of Economic Insecurity -- Concept of Social Security -- Meaning of Social Insurance -- Reducing Economic Insecurity -- 2 Basic Principles of Social Insurance -- Basic Principles and Characteristics of the OASDI Program -- Is the OASDI Program Insurance? -- Welfare Component -- Social Insurance Compared with Private Insurance -- Social Insurance Compared With Public Assistance -- Economic Objectives of Social Insurance Programs -- 3 Problem of Premature Death -- Definition of Premature Death -- Economic Impact of Premature Death on the Family -- Reducing Economic Insecurity from Premature Death -- 4 Reducing Economic Insecurity from Premature Death -- Nature of the Old-Age Problem -- Employment Problems of Older Workers -- Reducing Economic Insecurity During Retirement -- 5 Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance -- Development of the Social Security Act -- Covered Occupations -- Determination of Insured Status -- Benefit Amounts -- Types of Benefits -- Loss or Reduction of Benefits -- Taxation of Social Security Benefits -- Financing the Social Security Program -- Administration -- 6 Problems and Issues in the Social Security Program -- Higher Full Retirement Age -- Adequacy of Benefits -- Disability Income Problems and Issues -- Public Confidence in the Social Security Program -- Getting Your Money's Worth -- Reducing Social Security Payroll Taxes to Stimulate the Economy -- 7 Financing the Social Security Program -- Methods of Financing -- No Full Funding -- Actuarially Sound Program -- Social Security Trust Funds -- Financial Condition of Social Security and Medicare -- Solutions to the Long-Range Deficit.
505	8		_a8 Problem of Poor Health and Health-Care Reform -- Health-Care Problems in the United States -- Rising Health-Care Expenditures -- Large Number of Uninsured in the Population -- Uneven Quality of Medical Care -- Waste and Inefficiency -- Defects in Financing Health Care -- Abusive Insurer Practices -- Earlier Health-Care Reform Efforts -- Basic Provisions of the Affordable Care Act -- 9 Health-Care Reform and Private Health Insurance -- Impact of Health-Care Reform on Individual and Group Coverage -- Individual Health Insurance Coverages -- Disability Insurance -- Long-Term Care Insurance -- Group Health Insurance Coverage -- Traditional Indemnity Plans -- Managed Care Plans -- Consumer-Directed Health Plans -- Continuation of Health Insurance for Terminated Employees -- Recent Developments in Group Medical Expense Plans -- Group Disability Income Insurance -- 10 Health-Care Reform and the Medicare Program -- Overview of Medicare -- The Original Medicare Plan -- Medicare Advantage Plans -- Other Medicare Health Plans -- Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage -- Extra Help Program -- Medigap Insurance -- Care Outside the United States -- Medicare Savings Programs -- Medicare Problems and Issues -- Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Medicare -- 11 Problem of Occupational Injury and Disease -- Occupational Injury -- Occupational Disease -- Areas of Concern -- Costs of Occupational Injuries and Disease -- Reducing Occupational Injuries and Disease -- Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 -- 12 Workers' Compensation -- Development of Workers' Compensation -- Objectives of Workers' Compensation -- Theories of Workers' Compensation -- State Workers' Compensation Laws -- Coordination with Other Programs -- Second-Injury Funds -- Financing of Workers' Compensation -- Administration of Workers' Compensation -- Problems and Issues in Workers' Compensation.
505	8		_aImproving Workers' Compensation Laws -- 13 Problem of Unemployment -- Types of Unemployment -- Measurement of Unemployment -- Unemployment in the United States -- Underemployment of Human Resources -- Who Are the Unemployed? -- Current Approaches for Reducing Unemployment -- 14 Unemployment Compensation -- Development of Unemployment Compensation -- Objectives of Unemployment Compensation -- State Unemployment Compensation Provisions -- Extended Unemployment Benefits -- Temporary Emergency Unemployment Compensation -- Unemployment Compensation for Special Groups -- Financing Unemployment Compensation -- Unemployment Trust Fund -- Administration -- Taxation of Benefits -- Temporary Disability Insurance -- 15 Problems and Issues in Unemployment Compensation -- Decline in the Proportion of Unemployed Workers Receiving Benefits -- Adequacy of Weekly Benefit Amount -- High Disqualification Rates for Certain Claims -- Exhaustion of Benefits -- Inadequate Financing -- Size of the Taxable Wage Base -- Misclassification of Employees -- Disincentive Effects of Unemployment Compensation -- Modernizing State Unemployment Compensation Programs -- 16 Public Assistance Programs -- Basic Characteristics of Public Assistance -- Reasons for Public Assistance -- Public Assistance Compared with Social Insurance -- Types of Public Assistance Programs -- Supplement Security Income (SSI) -- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families -- Medicaid -- Medicaid Problems and Issues -- Impact of Health-Care Reform on Medicaid -- General Assistance -- 17 Economic Security Programs for Special Groups -- Veterans -- Railroad Workers -- Financial Status of the Railroad Retirement System -- Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act -- Federal Civilian Employees -- Federal Employees Retirement System -- State and Local Government Retirement Plans -- Financing Problems and Issues -- Index.
505	8		_aAbout the Author.
520			_aThis classic social insurance work has been updated to cover a decade of policy developments and the impact of the recent economic crisis.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aEconomic security - United States.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aRejda, George E. _tSocial Insurance and Economic Security _dOxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2012 _z9780765627483
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3569987 _zClick to View
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