Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter One. Congress Passes a Law, the Labor Movement Unites, and Walter George Retires 15
6. Chapter Two. What Happened to the Disability Program and How Policy Makers Tried to Respond 47
7. Chapter Three. Wilbur Mills, Wilbur Cohen, and Nelson Cruikshank Curate Medicare 77
8. Chapter Four. The Consequences of Medicare from Accommodation to Regulation 122
9. Chapter Five. The Continuing Consequences of Medicare 158
10. Chapter Six. The Welfare Reform Debate from JFK to Reagan 190
11. Chapter Seven. Clinton, Gingrich, and Welfare Reform in 1996 221
12. Conclusion 262
13. Notes 281
14. Index 325