Unemployment Insurance Task Force Final Report
Unemployment Insurance (UI) is a critical part of America’s social insurance fabric—and an essential part of the nation’s economic toolkit. In addition to providing countercyclical support during economic downturns, it helps people who have lost work through no fault of their own to maintain attachment to the workforce, prevent wage erosion, and help them pay […]
Unemployment Insurance Final Report
The Unemployment Insurance Task Force of the National Academy of Social Insurance has released a groundbreaking bipartisan report on Unemployment Insurance (UI) modernization, following several years of deliberations. On Wednesday, July 17, 2024 at 12:30 pm ET, the Academy will host a virtual event, featuring a distinguished panel of experts, discussing the Task Force’s final […]
Workers’ Compensation: Benefits, Costs, and Coverage, 2021 Data
The 26th annual workers’ compensation report produced by the Academy provides the only comprehensive data on workers’ compensation benefits, coverage, and employer costs for the nation, the states, the District of Columbia, and federal programs. With a five-year study period spanning 2017-2021, this is the second annual report to cover the COVID-19 pandemic period, which permits an […]
Remembering Anne Somers
Anne Ramsay Somers was an author, professor, and health care expert with over five decades of experience in the field. During her extensive career, she focused on long-term care, consumer health education, financing of Medicare, and geriatrics. She was an active Member of the National Academy of Social Insurance until her death in 2008 at […]
Honoring John Burton
John F. Burton, Jr. is Professor Emeritus and former Dean in the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University and Professor Emeritus in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. He has been a Member of the Study Panel on Workers’ Compensation of the National Academy of Social Insurance since […]
Remembering Pete Stark
Representative Fortney H. (Pete) Stark served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 40 years (1972 -2012) representing California’s East Bay communities. For 28 of those years, he served as Chairman or Ranking Minority Member of the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Health, where he helped enact many of America’s most important health reform laws […]
Remembering Rashi Fein
Rashi Fein was born in the Bronx, New York, and grew up in a number of cities in the U.S. and Canada. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and received his Bachelor’s and PhD degrees from Johns Hopkins University in Mathematics (1948) and Economics (1956), respectively. For more than a half-century, […]
Remembering Eileen P. Sweeney
Eileen P. Sweeney was born in Evanston, Ill., the eldest of 10 children, which may have helped shape her future as a protector, organizer, and leader. She received a B.A. in sociology from Northwestern University and a J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law. Her subsequent career as a lawyer and advocate focused on improving […]
Remembering Merton C. Bernstein
Merton Bernstein, a Founding Member of the National Academy of Social Insurance, suggested an internship program at one of its first Board meetings 30 years ago. He served on the Academy’s Board of Directors from 1988 until he ran for Senate in 1992, and remained a Member throughout his long and distinguished career. Academy founder […]
Remembering Leeba Lessin
Leeba Lessin (1958-2021) was a visionary leader who inspired new ways of thinking about care for the elderly and successfully executed those ideas. A founder of CareMore who served as CEO and President of the company from 2012 to 2015, Leeba reimagined elder care and created a care model that has since been adopted and adapted by Medicare […]