4. Cost Growth in Medicare: 1992 to 2006

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction 1
5. I. Retirement Saving
6. 1. Family Status Transitions, Latent Health, and the Post-Retirement Evolution of Assets 23
7. 2. How Does Simplified Disclosure Affect Individuals’ Mutual Fund Choices? 75
8. II. Health Care Costs
9. 3. The Risk of Out-of-Pocket Health Care Expenditure at the End of Life 101
10. 4. Cost Growth in Medicare: 1992 to 2006 133
11. 5. The Demand for Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Coverage: Evidence from Four Waves of the Retirement Perspectives Survey 159
12. III. Socioeconomic Circumstances and Health
13. 6. Differential Mortality by Income and Social Security Progressivity 189
14. 7. Cognition and Economic Outcomes in the Health and Retirement Survey 209
15. 8. Aging, Religion, and Health 237
16. 9. Work Disability, Work, and Justification Bias in Europe and the United States 269
17. IV. Aging in Less Developed Countries
18. 10. Is Decentralized Iron Fortification a Feasible Option to Fight Anemia among the Poorest? 317
19. 11. Requiescat in Pace? The Consequences of High-Priced Funerals in South Africa 351
20. Contributors 377
21. Author Index 381
22. Subject Index 385