Abstract
This is the first time that the National Institute on Aging has been called upon to contribute knowledge that would assist in developing Social Security policy. The Research on Aging Act (P.L.93-296, May 31, 1974) established the Institute for the conduct and support of biomedical, social, and behavioral research and training related to the aging process and the diseases and other special problems and needs of the aged. The Institute's work embraces a wide variety of researchbiomedical, psychosocial, demographic, and economic. Both the Research on Aging Act and the Social Security Act aim at assuring the health of our aging population. By working to prevent old-age poverty, which has a long-established association with poor health, the cash-benefits portion of the Social Security Act can be considered health legislation just as much as Medicare, which reimburses
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