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The Academy’s nonpartisan Older Workers Retirement Security Task Force provides policymakers with a broad range of policy options to improve retirement security for older workers in physically demanding jobs, but who do not currently qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or might qualify but struggle to access the benefits.
The COVID-19 pandemic took a significant toll on the health and well-being of older Americans, particularly those living in nursing facilities. The pandemic led to a 1% increase in deaths among individuals over age 65 in both 2020 and 2021 compared to predictions based on 2019 rates.

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Upcoming Events
June 2023
Social Insurance during the Pandemic: Successes, Shortcomings, and Policy Options for the Future
June 28, 2023
The webinar will feature: the COVID-19 Task Force Policy Translation Working Group’s Working Group Co-Chairs Katherine Baicker, Provost of the University of Chicago, and Henry Aaron, Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution; Principal Investigator Louise Sheiner, Senior Fellow at The Brookings Institution and Policy Director for the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy; and Working Group Member Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Director of the Institute for Policy Research at Northwestern University.
The session will commence with remarks by Naomi Stanhaus, Program Consultant at the RRF Foundation for Aging.
Wednesday, June 28 | 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. ET | Virtual