About the Author

"Joshua M. Wiener is a senior fellow in the Economic Studies program at Brookings. He is the coauthor of Sharing the Burden: Strategies for Public and Private Long-Term Care Insurance (Brookings, 1994) and Caring for the Disabled Elderly: Who Will Pay? (Brookings, 1988).Steven Clauser is director of the Office of Research at the Health Care Financing Administration. David L. Kennell is a vice president of Lewin-VHI, Inc."