《PUBLIC POLICY AND THE AGING》

I. The Aging in America1

Diversity Among the Aging2

Five Portraits18

II. Policy Development25

Sources of Policy Development: A Developmental Framework26

Early Responses33

Expanding Commitments44

III. Electoral and Interest Group Behavior51

Electoral Behavior51

Interest Groups58

Future Developments65

IV. Executives, Bureaucracies, and Legislatures69

Chief Executives69

Bureaucrats and the Bureaucracy76

Legislators79

The Study of Public Policy Making86

V. Social Security89

Program Characteristics89

The Politics of Expansion97

The Reform Agenda107

VI. Employment, Retirement, and Pensions123

Retirement Patterns and Policies123

Private Pension Plans133

Politics, Pensions, and Retirement137

Conclusion142

VII. Health and Long-term Care145

Health Care Policies147

Medicaid and Medicare Politics152

Long-term Care158

Issues and Alternatives170

VIII. Housing and Social Services175

Social Services175

Housing Policies189

Conclusion201

IX. Policy Agenda for the 1980s203

Federal and State Roles203

Program Implementation: The Pros and Cons of Separate Programs206

Program Eligibility: Means Tests—Good or Bad?208

Specific Issues212

Opportunities for the Aging222

Changing Stereotypes of the Aging223

The Policy Agenda225

X. Politics, Policy, and the Future227

Policy Formation Reconsidered227

The Future Politics of Aging238

Glossary243

References247

Suggestions for Further Study259

Index261