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.
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)