Making social welfare policy in America : three case studies since 1950

Introduction -- Congress passes a law, the labor movement unites, and Walter George retires -- What happened to the disability program and how policy makers tried to respond -- Wilbur Mills, Wilbur Cohen, and Nelson Cruikshank curate Medicare -- The consequences of Medicare from accommodation to regulation -- The continuing consequences of Medicare: choice and prescription drugs -- The welfare reform debate from JFK to Reagan -- Clinton, Gingrich, and welfare reform in 1996.