Strengthening Community Social Insurance in a Diverse America

Preface

1. Introduction by Maya Rockeymoore

PART ONE: SOCIAL INSURANCE AND DISPARITIES IN HISTORICAL CONTEXT

2. Policymaking in a Diverse America by Xavier Becerra

3. Equity and Social Insurance by Samuel L. Myers Jr.

4. Diversity in Social Insurance: A Historical Overview by Robert C. Lieberman

5. How Medicare Integrated Southern Hospitals by Jill Quadagno

PART TWO: EXPLORING THE IMPLICATION OF GROWING DIVERSITY

6. What are the Implications of Growing Diversity? Background Data from Census 2000 by Nancy M. Gordon

7. Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Health Care and Health by J. Lee Hargraves

8. The Economic Vulnerability of Blacks and Hispanics, 1980-2001 by Cecilia Conrad

Commentary on Part Two by Donna Chiffriller and Audrietta Izlar

Commentary on Part Two by Jerry Mashaw

PART THREE: SOCIAL SECURITY IN A DIVERSE AMERICA

9. Redistribution under OASDI: How Much and to Whom? by Lee Cohen, Eugene Steuerle, and Adam Carasso

10. Reforming Social Security Family Benefits: Balancing Equit and Adequacy by Pamela Herd

11. Impact of Unreported Social Security Earnings on Women and People of Color by Kilolo Kijakazi

Commentary on Part Three by Kim Hildred

Commentary on Part Three by Kathryn Olson

PART FOUR: STATE-ADMINISTERED PROGRAMS AND DIVERSITY

12. Impact of State Unemployment Uninsurance Programs on African Americans by Cheryl Hill Lee

13. Incomplete Development of State and Voluntary Temporary Disability Insurance by Vicky Lovell

14. Diversity among State Cash Assistance Programs and Populations by John T. Monahan

15. The Impact of State Health Programs on Diverse Populations by Cindy Mann

PART FIVE: MEDICARE AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

16. Medicare Disparities: What Do We Know? by Paul Eggers

17. Racial Variation in Quality of Care among Medicare+Choice Enrollees by Nicole Lurie

Commentary on Part Five by Linda Fishman

Commentary on Part Five by Brian D. Smedley

Commentary on Part Five by James Randolph Farris

PART SIX: TURNING DIVERSITY RESEARCH INTO ACTION

18. Meeting the Challenge of Diversity at the Centers for medicare and Medicaid Services by Leslie Norwalk

19. The Challenge of Diversity at the Social Security Administration by James B. Lockhart III

20. The Challenge of Diversity for Foundations by Ruby Takanishi

EPILOGUE

21. What Can We Anticipate from America's Diverse Public? by Ray Suarez

Contributors

Conference Program

Index