The Research On The USA Reagan Administration's Old Age Welfare System Reform

The aging population is one of the most challenging questions facing all the countries in the 21st century, thus whether the welfare of the old can be ensured has an influence on the healthy development of the society. Before the Reagan Administration, social equality is the main pursuit of old age welfare. However, the emergence of economic crisis and the problems of the system makes the original one hard to be continued. After Reagan took office, he began to stress the importance of giving priority to efficiency while giving consideration to fairness and carried out reform on the old age welfare security system. By exploring the context of the reform, content and impact so as to achieve the purpose of analysis and evaluation, this essay is written with a view to contribute to our social security system which is being constructed.