MAP20070027664Himelfarb, RichardCatastrophic politics : the rise and fall of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 / Richard Himelfarb. — Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, cop. 1995IX, 132 p. ; 23 cmSumario: Setting the stage for the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act of 1988 -- Evolution of the MCCA -- Financing the MCCA Program -- Passage of the MCCA -- Senior-citizen opinion after passage of the MCCA -- Repeal of the MCCA -- Conclusions -- Appendix: multivariate analyses of AARP survey data