{"title":"Where Are All My Friends Going? Charting the Many Pathways Leading Us Through Retirement","authors":"B. Kaskie","doi":"10.1093/ppar/prab015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ppar/prab015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75172,"journal":{"name":"The Public policy and aging report","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48273080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Impact of Aging on Pensions: Latin American Lessons for the United States of America","authors":"C. Mesa-Lago","doi":"10.1093/ppar/prab011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ppar/prab011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75172,"journal":{"name":"The Public policy and aging report","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44428303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Retirement and Supplemental Income Programs for Low-Income Older Mexican-Origin Adults in the United States and Mexico.","authors":"Emma Aguila, Jacqueline L Angel","doi":"10.1093/ppar/prab010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ppar/prab010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75172,"journal":{"name":"The Public policy and aging report","volume":"31 3","pages":"89-95"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8521624/pdf/prab010.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39552422","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Retirement Structures and Processes","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/ppar/prab025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ppar/prab025","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75172,"journal":{"name":"The Public policy and aging report","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41907985","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Retirement Inequality by Race and Ethnicity","authors":"Dania V. Francis, C. Weller","doi":"10.1093/ppar/prab009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ppar/prab009","url":null,"abstract":"Workers have to accumulate substantial savings to supplement Social Security benefits. Yet, retirement inequality has grown over the past four decades (Munnell et al., 2021). The gap in retirement security between those who are more and those who are less likely to face a secure retirement has widened, in particular, by race and ethnicity. A large and growing number of African American, Latino, and many Asian American households have less wealth to supplement their Social Security benefits than white households, as a review by the authors shows (Francis & Weller, 2021b).","PeriodicalId":75172,"journal":{"name":"The Public policy and aging report","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45806536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Drive at Your Own Risk: Evaluating Monitoring and Enforcement Efforts on the Health and Long-Term Care Highway","authors":"B. Kaskie","doi":"10.1093/PPAR/PRAB007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/PPAR/PRAB007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75172,"journal":{"name":"The Public policy and aging report","volume":"31 1","pages":"45-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46810569","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Government Enforcement and Review of Managed Medicare Programs: A Glimpse of Historical Practice and Forthcoming Trends","authors":"Jason Mehta","doi":"10.1093/PPAR/PRAB005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/PPAR/PRAB005","url":null,"abstract":"When President Biden announced in December 2020 that he intended to nominate California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to head the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the appointment raised eyebrows in certain policy circles. Becerra does not fit the typical administrative profile of past HHS heads. In fact, he has no actual experience in health care or public health policy. Rather, his background is primarily rooted in law enforcement. He is best known for being an aggressive litigator who, as Attorney General of California, sought to crack down on public fraud and expand the scope of California’s False Claims Act (FCA). The Biden administration has suggested that Becerra will be expected to bring this prosecutorial outlook to HHS, and work closely with the Department of Justice to “boost health fraud enforcement efforts” (Wheeler, 2020). Whatever the administrative impact of Becerra’s nomination may be, it serves as a clear signal that the continued crackdown on health-care fraud remains one of the few policy areas still enjoying bipartisan support in Washington. Perhaps no area of federal health care is likely to attract more scrutiny or enforcement activity during Becerra’s tenure than Medicare Part C or Medicare Advantage plans. These plans, which pay private health insurers based on a capitated monthly rate per patient, have traditionally been considered less of a fraud risk than their typical fee-forservice counterparts. However, this view seems to be changing, as regulators and private whistleblowers continue to uncover significant fraud within managed-care plans. For instance, in December 2020, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Michael Granston referred to Medicare Part C fraud as an “important priority” for the Department of Justice as it moves forward under a new administration (U.S. Department of Justice, 2020b). Notably, Medicare Advantage fraud was one of only two specific enforcement areas (along with opioid prescription schemes) that Granston singled out in his speech. This article traces the historical oversight of government enforcement in the Medicare Advantage space, and contrasts it with the type of scrutiny typically afforded to more traditional federal health-care programs. The article describes historical enforcement actions brought by the government and outlines some likely trends moving forward.","PeriodicalId":75172,"journal":{"name":"The Public policy and aging report","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44221372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum to: The Importance of Air Quality Policy for Older Adults and Diverse Communities.","authors":"Jennifer Ailshire, Lauren L Brown","doi":"10.1093/ppar/prab001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/ppar/prab001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1093/ppar/praa036.].</p>","PeriodicalId":75172,"journal":{"name":"The Public policy and aging report","volume":"31 3","pages":"110"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/ppar/prab001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39313261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Decade of Congressional Efforts to Conduct and Communicate Oversight of Medicare and Medicaid","authors":"Lindsey Cormack, H. Brown","doi":"10.1093/PPAR/PRAB003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/PPAR/PRAB003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":75172,"journal":{"name":"The Public policy and aging report","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1093/PPAR/PRAB003","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43356587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}