Background
Smith, David Gilbert was born on October 10, 1926 in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Gilbert Harmer and Virginia (Haizlip) Smith.
( ** Paying for Medicare received the American Risk and I...)
** Paying for Medicare received the American Risk and Insurance Association's Elizur Wright Award for its outstanding contribution to risk management and insurance literature. The Prospective Payment System and the Medicare Fee Schedule, two of the most effectively sustained and successful efforts at policy innovation in history continue to shape decisions about Medicare and cost containment efforts. Smith shows how particular policy alternatives were developed; why chosen or rejected; and how provider interests and American political institutions have shaped their design and implementation.
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( Entitlement Politics describes partisan attempts to sh...)
Entitlement Politics describes partisan attempts to shrink the size of government by targeting two major federal health care entitlements. Efforts to restructure or eliminate entitlements as such, and to privatize and decentralize programs, along with more traditional attempts to amend and reform Medicare and Medicaid have radically transformed policymaking with respect to these programs. However, they have failed to achieve fundamental or lasting reform. Smith combines historical narrative and case studies with descriptions of the technical aspects and dynamics of policymaking to help the consumer understand how the process has changed, evaluate particular policies and outcomes, and anticipate future possibilities. His account intentionally goes at some length into the substance of the programs, the policies that are involved, and the views of different protagonists about the major issues in the dispute. One unhealthy consequence of politicizing Medicare and Medicaid policy has been to separate public debate from the technical and organizational realities underlying issues of cost containment or program structure. Smith considers this development unfortunate, since it leaves even informed citizens unable to evaluate the claims being made. Ironically, strife over Medicare has complicated the political and policy issues in American life. Only a serious and genuine bipartisan effort bringing forth the best efforts of both political parties--and some of the best industry leaders and policy experts in the field--is likely to achieve genuine reform. The more people and parties know about the history, politics, and policies of these programs, the better our prospects for devising workable, equitable, and lasting solutions. This volume leads the way toward that understanding.
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Smith, David Gilbert was born on October 10, 1926 in Norman, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Gilbert Harmer and Virginia (Haizlip) Smith.
Bachelor, University Oklahoma, 1948. Master of Arts, University Oklahoma, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1953.
Instructor political science, Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1953-1955; assistant professor political science, Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1957; professor, Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, since 1967; Centennial professor, Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1977-1987; Richter professor political science, Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1987-1992; chairman, Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, 1970-1987; professor emeritus, Swarthmore (Pennsylvania) College, since 1992; assistant professor political science, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1956-1957. Consultant Department of Health, Education and Welfare, NAS-National Research Council, Ford Foundation, NASI.
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( Entitlement Politics describes partisan attempts to sh...)
Chairman American Civil Liberties Union, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1965-1970, Health and Welfare Council, Delaware County, 1970-1973. Vice president Delaware Valley health maintenance organization, Concordville, Pennsylvania, 1978-1981. President Media (Pennsylvania) Child Guidance, 1980-1982.
Board directors Friends Life Care at Home, since 1992. Sergeant United States Army, 1945-1946. Member American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Eleanor Cowan. Children: Alison Claire, Joel Anthony. Stepchildren: Laura Gergen, Stan Gergen.