NASI Experts Available to Comment on 2003 Social Security, Medicare Trustees Reports; Explanatory Brief at www.nasi.org

3/17/2003

From: Jill C. Braunstein of the National Academy of Social Insurance, 202-452-8097

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Experts on Social Security and Medicare are available to comment on the implications of the 2003 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 Finance: Findings of the 2003 Trustees Report, is available on the Academy's website at http://www.nasi.org.

SOCIAL SECURITY EXPERTS:

Kenneth S. Apfel, 512-471-6267 -- Former Commissioner of Social Security; Sid Richardson Chair of Public Affairs, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas-Austin

Robert M. Ball, 301-541-5097 -- Former Commissioner of Social Security

Jeffrey R. Brown, 217-333-3322; brownjr@uiuc.edu -- Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Marilyn Moon, 202-261-5691 -- Senior Fellow, The Urban Institute; former Public Trustee of the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds

Robert J. Myers, 301-588-1335 -- Former Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration

Bruce D. Schobel, 212-576-6807; bdschobel@aol.com -- Vice President and Actuary, New York Life Insurance Company

Eugene Steuerle, 202-261-5545 -- Senior Fellow, The Urban Institute; Chair, 1999 technical panel on actuarial assumptions for Social Security projections

MEDICARE EXPERTS:

Sheila Burke, 202-357-7033 -- Undersecretary, American Museums and National Programs, Smithsonian Institution; Chair, NASI Study Panel on Medicare's Governance & Management

David Cutler, 617-496-5216 -- Professor of Economics, Harvard University; member of recent technical panel on actuarial assumptions for Medicare projections

Marilyn Moon, 202-261-5691 -- Senior Fellow, The Urban Institute; former Public Trustee of the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds; Chair, NASI Study Panel on Medicare Financing

Robert D. Reischauer, 202-261-5400 -- President, The Urban Institute; former Director, Congressional Budget Office; Chair, NASI Steering Committee on Restructuring Medicare for the Long Term

Bruce C. Vladeck, 212-241-3845; bruce.vladeck@mountsinai.org -- Director, Institute for Medicare Practice, Mount Sinai Medical Center; former Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration

Gail Wilensky, 301-656-7401; gwilensk@projhope.org -- Senior Fellow, Project HOPE; former Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration

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