Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction / Maya Rockeymoore
  • Part I. Social Insurance and Disparities in Historical Context
  • 2. Policymaking in a Diverse America / Xavier Becerra
  • 3. Equity and Social Insurance / Samuel L. Myers Jr.
  • 4. Diversity in U.S. Social Insurance : A Historical Overview / Robert C. Lieberman
  • 5. How Medicare Integrated Southern Hospitals / Jill Quadagno
  • Part II. Exploring the Implications of Growing Diversity
  • 6. What Are the Implications of Growing Diversity? : Background Data from Census 2000 / Nancy M. Gordon
  • 7. Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Health Care and Health / J. Lee Hargraves
  • 8. The Economic Vulnerability of Blacks and Hispanics, 1980-2001 / Cecilia Conrad
  • Comment on Part II / Donna Chifriller and Audrietta Izlar, Jerry Mashaw
  • Part III. Social Security in a Diverse America
  • 9. The Effects of Disability Insurance / Lee Cohen, Eugene Steuerle, and Adam Carasso
  • 10. Reforming Social Security Family Benefits : Balancing Equity and Adequacy / Pamela Herd
  • 11. Impact of Unreported Social Security Earnings on Women and People of Color / Kilolo Kijakazi
  • Comment on Part III / Kim Hildred, Kathryn Olson
  • Part IV. State-Administered Programs and Diversity
  • 12. Impact of State Unemployment Insurance Programs on African Americans / Cheryl Hill Lee
  • 13. Incomplete Development of State and Voluntary Temporary Disability Insurance / Vicky Lovell
  • 14. Diversity among State Cash Assistance Programs and Populations / John Monahan
  • 15. The Impact of State Health Programs on Diverse Populations / Cindy Mann
  • Part V. Medicare and Health Disparities
  • 16. Medicare Disparities : What Do We Know? / Paul Eggers
  • 17. Racial Variation in Quality of Care among Medicare+Choice Enrollees / Nicole Lurie
  • Comment on Part V / Linda Fishman, Brian Smedley, Randy Farris
  • Part VI. Turning Diversity Research into Action
  • 18. Meeting the Challenge of Diversity at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services / Leslie Norwalk
  • 19. Meeting the Challenge of Diversity at the Social Security Administration / James B. Lockhart III
  • 20. The Challenge of Diversity for Foundations / Ruby Takanishi
  • 21. Epilogue : What Can We Anticipate from America's Diverse Public? / Ray Suarez.