▁for ▁and ▁got ▁a ▁position ▁with ▁the ▁War ▁Labor ▁Board . ▁ ▁After ▁the ▁Second ▁World ▁War , ▁R ice ▁got ▁a ▁job ▁in ▁the ▁Hill – B ur ton ▁program , ▁but ▁left ▁the ▁work force ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 9 ▁when ▁her ▁first ▁child ▁was ▁born . ▁She ▁returned ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁after ▁having ▁two ▁more ▁children , ▁but ▁quickly ▁contact ed ▁Louis ▁Re ed , ▁her ▁former ▁b oss , ▁to ▁move ▁to ▁a ▁different ▁job ▁in ▁the ▁Social ▁Security ▁Administration ▁in ▁the ▁Office ▁of ▁Research ▁and ▁Statistics . ▁She ▁worked ▁under ▁I da ▁Mer ri am , ▁serving ▁as ▁the ▁deput y ▁assistant ▁commission er ▁for ▁Research . ▁Her ▁first ▁task ▁was ▁analyz ing ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 2 ▁survey ▁of ▁the ▁aged , ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁such ▁a ▁survey ▁had ▁been ▁conducted . ▁R ice ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁publish ▁about ▁it , ▁in ▁a ▁land mark ▁ 1 9 6 4 ▁paper ▁on ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁US ▁senior ▁citizens ▁who ▁had ▁health ▁ins urance . ▁R ice ▁found ▁that ▁only ▁ 8 . 5 ▁million , ▁or ▁less ▁than ▁half ▁of ▁the ▁total ▁population , ▁had ▁it . ▁Moreover , ▁those ▁that ▁did ▁not ▁were ▁more ▁likely ▁to ▁be ▁women ▁and ▁have ▁lower ▁in comes : ▁ ▁R ice ' s ▁conclus ions ▁were ▁a ▁motiv ating ▁factor ▁in ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁Medic are ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁In ▁subsequent ▁years , ▁she ▁began ▁tab ulating ▁the ▁economic ▁costs ▁of ▁health