| March 17, 2003
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For Release: March 17, 2003
Contact: Jill Braunstein, (202) 452-8097
WASHINGTON, DC—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, www.nasi.org.
Social Security Experts
Kenneth S. Apfel
(512) 471-6267
Former Commissioner of Social Security and
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
Assistant Professor of Finance, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
e-mail: brownjr@uiuc.edu
Marilyn Moon
(202) 261-5691
Senior Fellow, The Urban Institute and
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
Vice President and Actuary, New York Life Insurance Company
e-mail: bdschobel@aol.com
Eugene Steuerle
(202) 261-5545
Senior Fellow, The Urban Institute and
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 and
Chair, NASI Study Panel on Medicare’s Governance and Management
David Cutler
(617) 496-5216
Professor of Economics, Harvard University and
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 and
Chair, NASI Study Panel on Medicare Financing
Robert D. Reischauer
(202) 261-5400
President, The Urban Institute,
former Director, Congressional Budget Office, and
Chair, NASI Steering Committee on Restructuring Medicare for the Long Term
Bruce C. Vladeck
(212) 241-3845
Director, Institute for Medicare Practice, Mount Sinai Medical Center and
former Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration
e-mail: bruce.vladeck@moutsinai.org
Gail Wilensky
(301) 656-7401
Senior Fellow, Project HOPE and
former Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration
e-mail: gwilensk@projhope.org
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