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"Two towering figures in the field of health care policy analysis, Theodore R. Marmor and Rudolf Klein, reflect on a lifetime of thought in this wide-ranging collection of essays published in the wake of President Obama's health care reform. Presented as a kind of dialogue between the two, the book offers their recent writings on the future of Medicare; universal health insurance; conflicts of interest among physicians, regulators, and patients; and many other topics" -- Provided by publisher

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- PREFACE -- PART ONE: THE ANALYSIS OF POVERTY AND POVERTY POLICY -- 1. Poverty in America: Dimensions and Prospects The President's Commission on Income -- 2. Income Maintenance Alternatives: Concepts, Criteria, and Program Comparisons -- PART TWO: WELFARE REFORM PROPOSALS -- 3. Public Welfare: A Comprehensive Program of Basic Social Guarantees -- 4. The Nixon Administration's Welfare Reform: The Family Assistance Plan The President's Message Explanation of the Bill by Robert H. Finch Summary of Family Assistance Act of 1969 -- 5. NIT: Welfare-Oriented Negative Rates Plan and Negative Rates Plan for the Working Poor -- 6. A Family Allowance Program for Preschool Children -- PART THREE: MAJOR ANTIPOVERTY PROPOSALS -- 7. A Demogrant Approach: The Family Security Program -- 8. Tax Policy and Children's Allowances -- 9. A Model Negative Income Tax Statute -- 10. The Heineman Commission Proposal Report of the President's Commission on Income Maintenance Programs -- PART FOUR: TAX EQUITY PROPOSALS -- 11. A Credit Income Tax -- 12. Tax Policies for the 1970s -- INDEX

The reforms that finally emerged from the Obama administration's initiative were the result of a year of nasty, demagogic and misleading claims in the US public forum, coupled with the complexities of crafting legislation that stood a chance of passing both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The resulting "hybrid" approach to healthcare reform produced a conservative strategy that ignores the experience of other wealthy democracies. More significantly, its long period of implementation, given a possible change of administration in 2012, increases uncertainty regarding whether and how reforms will be rolled out by 2014 and after.