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COVERED: a week-by-week look at the political and legislative developments that led to the creation of Medicare and Medicaid 50 years ago. Bob Rosenblatt, Academy senior fellow and former Los Angeles Times Washington correspondent will report on the people and the maneuvers that led to this major expansion of social insurance.
Meeting Today's Challenges in Social Security, Health Reform, and Unemployment Insurance
DAY ONE: Thursday, January 27, 2011
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9:00am Registration and Light Breakfast
10:00am Welcome and Opening Keynote
- Welcome: Lisa Mensah, NASI and The Aspen Institute
- The Role of Social Insurance in a Risky World
Kenneth Feinberg, Administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims Facility of the BP Deepwater Horizon Disaster
10:45am Session I – Should We Adopt the Social Security Recommendations of the Fiscal Commission?
- Moderator: Norman Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute
- Charles Blahous, Public Trustee of Social Security and Medicare
The Simpson-Bowles Social Security Framework: A Bipartisan Compromise Worthy of Support - Andy Stern, Georgetown Public Policy Institute
Better Alternatives to the Simpson-Bowles Plan - Janice Gregory, NASI
Social Security Action: When and How
12:00pm Break
12:30pm Lunch
1:00pm Luncheon Keynote: The Racial Wealth Divide and Social Insurance
- Angela Glover Blackwell, PolicyLink
- Moderator: Avis Jones-DeWeever, National Council of Negro Women
1:45pm Break
2:00pm Session II – Strengthening Unemployment Insurance: Promising Solutions to Systemic Problems
- Moderator: Janice Nittoli, The Rockefeller Foundation
- Gary Burtless, The Brookings Institution
Fixing the UI Payroll Tax and Rescuing the UI Trust Funds - Kevin Hassett, American Enterprise Institute
Extended Periods of High Unemployment: Impacts and Promising Solutions - Andrew Grant-Thomas, Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
(Why) Are African Americans and Latinos Underrepresented Among UI Beneficiaries? An Exploratory Look - Commentator: Andrew Stettner, National Employment Law Project
3:30pm Break
4:00pm Session III – Views from the Stakeholders of OASDI: Employers, Workers, and Vulnerable Communities
- Moderator: Avis Jones-DeWeever, National Council of Negro Women
- Kenneth Porter, American Benefits Council
Employer Perspective - Richard Fiesta, Alliance for Retired Americans
Worker Perspective - Maya Rockeymoore, Global Policy Solutions
People of Color Perspective - Donna Butts, Generations United
Children and Families’ Perspective
5:30pm Reception — 2011 John Heinz Dissertation Award Presentation Ceremony
7:00pm Dinner and Performance by the Capitol Steps
DAY TWO: Friday, January 28, 2011
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8:00am NASI Members-Only Breakfast and Annual Meeting
8:30am Registration and Light Breakfast (in Exhibit Lounge)
9:00am Concurrent Roundtable Discussions
- From Workers’ Compensation to Disability Insurance: Assessing New Approaches
- Solutions in the States: Long-Term Services and Supports in 2011
- The Importance of Social Security to Diverse Communities
- State Health Insurance Exchanges: Options for Policymakers
- Families, Children, and Unemployment Insurance
10:00am Break
10:15am Opening Keynote: Why Social Insurance?
- Theda Skocpol, Harvard University
- Moderator: Lawrence R. Jacobs, Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, University of Minnesota
11:00am Session IV – A Debate – Two Strategies for Retirement Security: More Savings or More Social Security?
- Moderator: Lisa Mensah, NASI and The Aspen Institute
- Mark Warshawsky, Social Security Advisory Board
The Case for More Personal Savings - Nancy Altman, Social Security Works
The Case for More Social Insurance
11:50am Break
12:00pm Keynote Speaker: Implementing Health Insurance Reform
- Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Department of Health and Human Services
- Moderator: G. William Hoagland, CIGNA
1:00pm Lunch
1:30pm Break
1:45pm Session V – Implementing Health Insurance Reform: Challenges and Opportunities
- Moderator: Lawrence R. Jacobs, Center for the Study of Politics and Governance, University of Minnesota
- Yvette Fontenot, The White House Office of Health Reform
Federal Government Perspective - Enrique Martinez-Vidal, AcademyHealth
State Perspective - Karen Ignagni, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)
Health Insurance Industry Perspective
3:15pm Adjournment: Conference Co-Chairs
