Social Security Book

	List of Tables
	List of Abbreviations
	Foreword
	Preface
Pt. 1	Introduction	1
1	Social Security Concepts	3
Pt. 2	Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance	21
2	Basic Principles and Present Provisions of the OASDI System	23
3	Development of the OASDI System	229
4	Financing Basis of the OASDI System	372
5	Directions and Issues in OASDI	454
Pt. 3	Medicare	535
6	Basic Principles and Present Provisions of the Medicare System	537
7	Development of the Medicare System	591
8	Medicare Financing Principles and Provisions	643
9	Possible Future Development of the Medicare Program	685
10	Actuarial Cost Estimates and Analysis and Statistical Information for OASDI and Medicare	722
Pt. 4	Allied Programs	795
11	Public Assistance Programs	797
12	Railroad Retirement System	833
	Appendix A: Definition of Social Insurance Developed by the Committee on Social Insurance Terminology of the Commission on Insurance Terminology of the American Risk and Insurance Association	877
	Appendix B: Views on Individual Equity and Social Adequacy	878
	Appendix C: Presidential Statement upon Signing the Social Security Act, August 14, 1935	880
	Appendix D: Reporting and Promulgation Dates Specified by Law for the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance and Medicare Programs	882
	Appendix E: Funding Ratios as OASDI and Medicare Triggering Devices	884
	Appendix F: Summary of Recommendations of the Social Security Technical Panel to the 1991 Advisory Council on Social Security	888
	Appendix G: Summary of Recommendations of the Health Technical Panel to the 1991 Advisory Council on Social Security	891
	Appendix H: Presidential Statement upon Signing the Social Security Amendments of 1983, April 20, 1983	893
	Selected Bibliography	897
	Index of Persons and Organizations	915
	Index of Subjects	919