title: Income security. Do it yourself.
abstract: Washington--and Americans--are at a crossroads between the collective approach to social security and medicare and the corporate trend toward self-reliance. Workers may become more prudent consumers as they assume responsibility for retirement and health care costs, but the disadvantaged may find it difficult to provide for their own needs.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kosterlitz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003361:Cost Allocation; D005382:Financing, Personal / Q000639:trends*; D006264:Health Benefit Plans, Employee / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D006278:Medicare / Q000639:trends*; D012179:Retirement / Q000191:economics; D012943:Social Security / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States