NASI Experts Available to Comment on 2004 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports 3/23/2004
From: Jill C. Braunstein of the National Academy of Social Insurance, 202-452-8097 News Advisory: Experts on Social Security and Medicare are available to comment on the implications of the 2004 Trustees Reports immediately following their release. All experts listed below are members of the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). NASI is a nonpartisan organization made up of the nation's leading experts on Social Security, Medicare, and other programs. The Academy does not lobby or take positions on policy issues. Individual members have diverse views and do not represent the official position(s) of the academy. An explanatory brief, Social Security Finances: Findings of the 2004 Trustees Report, is available on the academy's Web site at http://www.nasi.org. The complete Social Security Trustees report is available in pdf format at http://www.ssa.gov/OACT/TR/, and the Medicare Trustees report is available at http://www.cms.hhs.gov/publications/Trusteesreport/. Explanatory Brief at www.nasi.org SOCIAL SECURITY EXPERTS -- Kenneth S. Apfel, former commissioner of social security; Current Sid Richardson chair of public affairs, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin Phone: 512-471-6267 Email: kapfel@mail.utexas.edu -- Robert M. Ball, former commissioner of social security Phone: 301-541-5097 -- Jeffrey R. Brown, assistant professor of finance, University of Illinois - Urbana Champaign Phone: 217-333-3322 Email: brownjr@uiuc.edu -- Marilyn Moon, vice president and director, American Institutes for Research Phone: 301-592-2101 or 202-403-6084 (Tuesday, March 23) Email: mmoon@air.org -- Robert Myers, former chief actuary, Social Security Administration Phone: 301-588-1335 -- Peter Orszag, Joseph A. Pechman senior fellow, The Brookings Institution Phone: 202-797-6005 Email: porszag@brookings.edu -- Virginia Reno, vice president for income security policy, National Academy of Social Insurance Phone: 202-452-8097 Email: vreno@nasi.org -- Bruce D. Schobel, vice president and actuary, New York Life Insurance Company Phone: 212-576-6807 Email: bdschobel@aol.com MEDICARE EXPERTS -- Joseph Antos, Wilson H. Taylor scholar in health care and retirement policy, American Enterprise Institute; former senior economist, President's Council on Economic Advisors Phone: 202-862-5938 -- Nancy-Ann DeParle, senior advisor, JP Morgan Partners, LLC; former administrator, Health Care Financing Administration Phone: 202-362-4566 -- Marilyn Moon, vice president and director, American Institutes for Research Phone: 301-592-2101 or 202-403-6084 (Tuesday, March 23) Email: mmoon@air.org -- Patricia Neuman, vice president, director of the Medicare Policy Project, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Phone: 202-347-5270 -- Robert D. Reischauer, president, The Urban Institute; former director, Congressional Budget Office Phone: 202-261-5400 -- Gail Wilensky, senior fellow, Project HOPE; former administrator, Health Care Financing Administration Phone: 301-656-7401 The National Academy of Social Insurance is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization made up of the nation's leading experts on social insurance. Its mission is to promote understanding and informed policy-making on social insurance and related programs through research, public education, training, and the open exchange of ideas. For more information on the National Academy of Social Insurance visit http://www.nasi.org or call 202-452-8097. |