NASI Experts Available to Comment on 2002 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Report; Explanatory Brief Online 3/26/2002
From: Jill C. Braunstein of NASI, 202-452-8097 News Advisory: Experts on Social Security and Medicare are available to comment on the implications of the 2002 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 2002 Trustees Report, will available on the Academy's Web site at http://www.nasi.org/. A new Brief on Social Insurance for Survivors: Family Benefits from Social Security and Workers' Compensation, is also posted on the NASI Web site. SOCIAL SECURITY EXPERTS: Kenneth S. Apfel, 512-471-6267 Former Commissioner of Social Security and Dean, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas Robert M. Ball, 703-768-3438 Former Commissioner of Social Security Kilolo Kijakazi, 202-408-1080 Senior Policy Advisor, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities; e-mail: Kijakazi@cbpp.org Alicia H. Munnell, 617-552-1762 Professor of Management Sciences, Boston College; former member, Council of Economic Advisors; e-mail: munnell@bc.edu Robert J. Myers, 301-588-1335 Former Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration Bruce D. Schobel, 212-576-6807 Corporate Vice President and Actuary, New York Life Insurance Company; e-mail: Bdschobel@aol.com 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. Paul Ginsburg, 202-484-5261 President, Center for Studying Health System Change; former Executive Director, Physician Payment Review Commission; Chair, NASI Study Panel on Fee-for-Service Medicare 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, CBO; Chair, NASI Steering Committee on Restructuring Medicare for the Long Term Bruce Vladeck, 212-241-3845 Director, Institute for Medicare Practice, Mount Sinai Medical Center; former Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration e-mail: bruce.vladeck@moutsinai.org Gail Wilensky, 301-656-7401 Senior Fellow, Project HOPE; former Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration; Member, NASI Steering Committee on Restructuring Medicare for the Long Term e-mail: gwilensk@projhope.org ------ The National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of the nation's leading experts on social insurance. Its mission is to conduct research and enhance public understanding of social insurance, develop new leaders, and provide a nonpartisan forum for the exchange of important ideas in the field. For more information on the National Academy of Social Insurance visit http://www.nasi.org/ or call 202-452-8097. |