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Press Releases: Categories

COVID-19 Legislative Response

COVID-19 Task Force at the National Academy of Social Insurance launches with Epidemiology Working Group
December 23, 2020
Statement on Social Security as a pillar of the nation’s economic security infrastructure
September 24, 2020 – Media Alert

Social Security

Future of Social Security, Medicare, and more will be shaped by lessons from COVID-19 Crisis
October 22, 2020
Statement on Social Security as a pillar of the nation’s economic security infrastructure
September 24, 2020 – Media Alert
Keeping the Payroll Tax Holiday from Becoming a Permanent Vacation
August 14, 2020 – Media Alert
President Trump suspends the payroll tax despite lack of bipartisan support
August 8, 2020 – Media Alert
Four Innovative Proposals to Improve Retirement Security and Social Security’s Adequacy for Vulnerable Older Workers
December 13, 2019
Health Policy and Social Security Experts Carroll Estes and Theodore Marmor receive the 2019 Robert M. Ball Award for Outstanding Achievements in Social Insurance
June 27, 2019
Policy Innovations Challenge to Ensure Social Security Adequacy for Workers
February 7, 2019
Social Security Advocate Nancy Altman and Health Economist Stuart Altman Named 2018 Recipients of the Robert M. Ball Award for Outstanding Achievements in Social Insurance
July 10, 2018
MEDIA ALERT: New Approaches to Social Security Policy
October 13, 2017 – Media Alert
PRESS RELEASE: Nonpartisan Report Offers Menu of Options to Policymakers for Strengthening Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Unemployment Insurance
January 26, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: National Academy of Social Insurance Nominates 59 Experts to Membership
January 25, 2017
MEDIA ALERT: What You Need to Know about Social Security’s 2017 Cost-of-Living Adjustment
October 17, 2016
PRESS RELEASE: William J. Arnone Named Chief Executive Officer of National Academy of Social Insurance
July 6, 2016
National Academy of Social Insurance Nominates 51 Experts to Membership
January 27, 2016
PRESS RELEASE: Survey Shows Americans Support Social Security Changes; Republicans and Democrats Agree
January 21, 2015
PRESS RELEASE: Hard Choices on Social Security: Survey Finds Most Americans Would Pay More to Fix Its Finances and Improve Benefits
October 23, 2014
PRESS RELEASE: Thinking About Retirement and When to Take Social Security? It Pays to Wait!
February 27, 2014
PRESS RELEASE: "Social Security: Americans Agree” Video Highlights Surprising Survey Results
August 14, 2013
PRESS RELEASE: NASI Launches Public Education Project on "When to Claim Social Security"
July 23, 2013
PRESS RELEASE: Social Security Disability Insurance: Action Needed to Address Finances
May 23, 2013
PRESS RELEASE: Support for Social Security Especially Strong Among African Americans and Hispanics
May 8, 2013
COMUNICADO DE PRENSA: Apoyo al Seguro Social es especialmente fuerte entre los afroamericanos e hispanos
May 8, 2013
PRESS RELEASE: Americans Make Hard Choices on Social Security, Prefer to Raise Payroll Taxes and Increase Benefits
January 31, 2013
“Just the Facts” Video Debuts on the 77th Anniversary of Social Security
August 14, 2012
It Is Never Too Early to Learn About Social Security and Its Future
July 10, 2012
Experts Offer ‘Exit Strategy’ for Social Security Payroll Tax Holiday
April 20, 2012
PRESS RELEASE: The Super Committee and Social Security: Should the Bowles-Simpson Proposals be on the Table?
September 16, 2011
‘The People Are What Matter’
August 12, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: New Study Finds Changes Already Enacted Will Cut Social Security Benefits By 19 Percent for Future Retirees
June 7, 2011
NASI Announces Continued Grassroots Outreach and Education Initiatives to Strengthen Social Security
April 5, 2011
NASI Announces Grassroots Outreach and Education Initiatives to Strengthen Social Security
November 12, 2010
PRESS RELEASE: Targeted Improvements, 75-Year Financing Plan Would Strengthen Social Security for the Long Run
November 10, 2010
John Rother Receives 2010 Robert M. Ball Award
June 23, 2010
PRESS RELEASE: A New Deal for Young Adults: New Study Considers Social Security Benefits for Students
May 14, 2010
PRESS RELEASE: NASI Announces Grassroots Outreach and Education Initiatives to Strengthen Social Security for Vulnerable Populations
March 22, 2010
PRESS RELEASE: Poll Shows Strong and Diverse Support for Social Security
February 18, 2010
Robert J. Myers, Longtime Chief Actuary of SSA, Dies at the age of 97
February 15, 2010
PRESS RELEASE: When to Take Social Security: Questions to Consider
January 22, 2010
Policymakers Have Many Options to Make Social Security Both Solvent and More Adequate
October 30, 2009
Economic Crisis Fuels Support for Social Security
August 13, 2009
NASI Experts Available to Comment on the 2009 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports
May 12, 2009 – Media Alert
Economic Crisis Underscores Need to Improve Social Security Benefits
January 30, 2009
NASI Experts Available to Discuss Social Security, Medicare, Federal Tax and Spending Issues in I.O.U.S.A – The Movie
August 21, 2008 – Media Alert
NASI Announces Winners of Rockefeller Foundation Innovation Awards to Strengthen Social Security for Vulnerable Groups
July 23, 2008
NASI Experts Available to Comment on 2008 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports
March 25, 2008 – Media Alert
Social Security Lifts 1.3 Million Children Out of Poverty
February 26, 2008
Social Security Is Worth $225,000 for a Typical Retiree
January 31, 2008
NASI Experts Available to Comment on 2007 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports
April 23, 2007
Social Security Key In Providing Income Security for Families of Deceased Military Service Men and Women
November 1, 2006
NASI Experts Available to Comment on 2006 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports
May 1, 2006 – Media Alert
Social Security and Hurricane Katrina
September 9, 2005 – Media Alert
Social Security Turns 70... Come to the Source!
August 11, 2005
NASI Experts Available to Comment on 2005 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports
March 23, 2005 – Media Alert
Reporters' Sourcebook Offers Background on Social Security
February 2, 2005 – Media Alert
New Social Security Report Identifies Key Questions about Payouts from Private Accounts at Retirement, Divorce, Disability, and Death
January 26, 2005
New Social Security Report Discusses Policy Questions for Payouts from Private Accounts to Retirees, Spouses, and Survivors
January 19, 2005 – Media Alert
Reporters' Sourcebook Offers Background on Social Security, Medicare, Unemployment Insurance
November 5, 2004 – Media Alert
NASI Experts Available to Comment on 2004 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports
March 23, 2004 – Media Alert
Social Insurance Sourcebook
December 10, 2003 – Media Alert
NASI Experts Available to Comment on 2003 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports
March 17, 2003 – Media Alert
National Conference to Address Social Insurance in a Diverse America
January 27, 2003 – Media Alert
Seminar to Address Practical Solutions to Chronic Poverty in Third World Countries as a Result of Aging
October 25, 2002 – Media Alert
NASI Experts Available to Comment on 2002 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports
March 26, 2002 – Media Alert
Social Security and Workers' Compensation Aid September 11 Terror Victims
March 11, 2002
Social Security and Workers' Comp Aid Families of Sept. 11th Victims
March 7, 2002 – Media Alert
Sorting out the Social Security Debate: Information from a Nonpartisan Source
May 7, 2001
National Conference Examines Future of Social Security, Medicare, Other Programs
January 24, 2001
Experts Report on Social Security Reform Debate, Agree on Economics, Split on Values and Politics
November 23, 1998

Medicare and Health Policy

Future of Social Security, Medicare, and more will be shaped by lessons from COVID-19 Crisis
October 22, 2020
New Study on Medicare Expansion Addresses Design Challenges to Deepen Context for National Debate
March 4, 2020
Health Economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology wins 2020 John Heinz Dissertation Award
December 11, 2019
Health Policy and Social Security Experts Carroll Estes and Theodore Marmor receive the 2019 Robert M. Ball Award for Outstanding Achievements in Social Insurance
June 27, 2019
New Medicare Eligibility Study Panel at the National Academy of Social Insurance
April 24, 2019
Political Science and Public Health Scholar at University of Pennsylvania wins 2019 John Heinz Dissertation Award
December 13, 2018
Social Security Advocate Nancy Altman and Health Economist Stuart Altman Named 2018 Recipients of the Robert M. Ball Award for Outstanding Achievements in Social Insurance
July 10, 2018
Medicaid Reform Could Shift Risk onto States and the Most Vulnerable Americans and Harm Population Health, According to New Analysis
June 22, 2017
[WEBINAR]: Medicaid’s Role in Prevention, Population Health, and Building a Culture of Health at the State Level
March 20, 2017 – Media Alert
PRESS RELEASE: Nonpartisan Expert Panel Recommends Steps to Strengthen Medicaid’s Role in Building a Culture of Health
January 26, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: Nonpartisan Report Offers Menu of Options to Policymakers for Strengthening Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Unemployment Insurance
January 26, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: National Academy of Social Insurance Nominates 59 Experts to Membership
January 25, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: William J. Arnone Named Chief Executive Officer of National Academy of Social Insurance
July 6, 2016
National Academy Of Social Insurance Presents Updated Oral History Of Medicare And Medicaid To CMS Officials
March 18, 2016
National Academy of Social Insurance Announces Distinguished Panelists for Project on Medicaid as a Critical Lever in Building a Culture of Health
February 12, 2016
National Academy of Social Insurance Nominates 51 Experts to Membership
January 27, 2016
PRESS RELEASE: Experts Announce Strategies to Make Health Care Markets More Competitive, Regulate Prices
April 17, 2015
PRESS RELEASE: Study Urges Greater Financial Disclosure by Nonprofit Integrated Health Systems
February 25, 2015
PRESS RELEASE: Maria Polyakova Named 2015 Winner of John Heinz Dissertation Award
January 30, 2015
PRESS RELEASE: Trinity Brown Named Recipient of Inaugural Law Student Writing Award
January 30, 2015
PRESS RELEASE: In Effort to Foster Competition in Health Care, Common Threads Emerge Among State Laws
July 17, 2014
PRESS RELEASE: Marilyn Moon to Receive 2014 Robert M. Ball Award
June 3, 2014
Project Update: NASI Study Panel on Pricing Power Announces Forthcoming Papers on State Laws, Integrated Delivery Networks, and a Symposium on Antitrust Policy in Health Care
May 12, 2014
PRESS RELEASE: Study Panel Announced for National Academy of Social Insurance Project to Address Pricing Power in Health Care Markets
July 18, 2013
PRESS RELEASE: NASI Announces New Project on Addressing Pricing Power in Health Care Markets
June 13, 2013
PRESS RELEASE: New Report Provides Guidance for States on Technology Infrastructure for Health Insurance Exchanges
September 18, 2012
New Study Finds That Unprecedented Amount of Cross-Agency Coordination Needed to Ensure Successful Management of New Insurance Marketplaces
May 10, 2012
PRESS RELEASE: Experts Offer Insight on Aligning Medicaid, Health Insurance Exchanges and the Individual Market
January 9, 2012
PRESS RELEASE: Health Experts Tackle Complexities of New Exchange Options
December 20, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: New Analysis Outlines “Active Purchaser” Options for Health Insurance Exchanges
June 3, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Expert Panel Tackles Key Health Care Issue Facing States
January 28, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Lee Goldberg Named Director of Health Policy at NASI
September 27, 2010
PRESS RELEASE: NASI Launches New Project on Developing Health Insurance Exchanges
September 14, 2010
John Rother Receives 2010 Robert M. Ball Award
June 23, 2010
Administrative Aspects of Health Reform Deserve Attention, Expert Panel Says
July 20, 2009
NASI Experts Available to Comment on the 2009 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports
May 12, 2009 – Media Alert
Expert Study Panel Releases Working Papers on Expanding Access to Health Care
March 20, 2009
NASI Experts Available to Discuss Social Security, Medicare, Federal Tax and Spending Issues in I.O.U.S.A – The Movie
August 21, 2008 – Media Alert
NASI Experts Available to Comment on 2007 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports
April 23, 2007
Medicare Should Take Leading Role in Reducing Health Disparities, Expert Panel Says
December 5, 2006
Federal Action Needed to Enroll More Low-Income Seniors and Disabled Persons in Program to Pay Their Medicare Premiums
June 12, 2006
NASI Experts Available to Comment on 2006 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports
May 1, 2006 – Media Alert
Implementing the Medicare Prescription Drug Plan: Resources from the Experts
January 30, 2006
NASI Launches Campaign to Help Journalists Sort Through Medicare's New Prescription Drug Benefit
October 31, 2005
Marilyn Moon Named President of National Academy of Social Insurance
August 8, 2005
Bruce C. Vladeck Awarded the 2005 Robert M. Ball Award
June 21, 2005
Four New Papers on Medicare's Role in Reducing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care
May 31, 2005
Paul Van De Water Named Vice President for Health Policy at National Academy of Social Insurance
April 18, 2005
NASI Experts Available to Comment on 2005 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports
March 23, 2005 – Media Alert
Medicare Modernization in a Polarized Environment: Facing the Challenges
January 20, 2005 – Media Alert
Reporters' Sourcebook Offers Background on Social Security, Medicare, Unemployment Insurance
November 5, 2004 – Media Alert
NASI Announces New Study Panel on Medicare's Role in Reducing Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities
April 21, 2004
Social Insurance Sourcebook
December 10, 2003 – Media Alert
Expert Panel Examines Role of Private Health Plans in Medicare
November 3, 2003
National Academy of Social Insurance Announces Expert Study Panel on Long-Term Care
August 4, 2003
NASI Experts Available to Comment on 2003 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports
March 17, 2003 – Media Alert
Blue Ribbon Panel of Bipartisan Medicare Experts Says...Medicare Needs to Be Improved to Better Serve Beneficiaries with Chronic Conditions
January 31, 2003
National Conference to Address Social Insurance in a Diverse America
January 27, 2003 – Media Alert
Seminar to Address Practical Solutions to Chronic Poverty in Third World Countries as a Result of Aging
October 25, 2002 – Media Alert
Bipartisan Panel Says Medicare in Dire Need of Additional Resources, More Leeway from Congress
July 30, 2002
NASI Experts Available to Comment on 2002 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports
March 26, 2002 – Media Alert
Kathleen King Named Director of Health Security Policy at National Academy of Social Insurance
February 15, 2002
National Conference Examines Future of Social Security, Medicare, Other Programs
January 24, 2001
Preserving Medicare for Baby Boomers Likely Means New Revenues
September 26, 2000
Sorting Out the Medicare Debate: Information from a Nonpartisan Source
August 23, 2000
National Academy of Social Insurance Launches Study to Examine Medicare And HIV/AIDS in California
July 28, 2000
Two New Expert Study Panels Established By NASI Medicare Project
July 27, 2000
Academy Study On Medicare Restructuring For The Next Decade Receives $1.2 Million Grant
December 27, 1999
Panel of Bipartisan Health Experts Agree: U.S. Must Consider New Revenues For Medicare's Long Term
September 15, 1999
As Policymakers Consider Restructuring Medicare, Even With Economic Gains, Many Seniors "At Risk" Under Some Reform Options
May 20, 1999
Adding Prescription Drug Benefit Would Increase Medicare Costs 7 To 13 Percent Over Next Decade
April 13, 1999
Focus Groups Provide Insights Into Understanding Medicare: Americans Need Education About Medicare but are Committed to the Program and Willing to Make Tough Choices
February 4, 1999
Blue-Ribbon Panel Considers Medicare's Larger Social Role: NASI Panel Urges Medicare Reform be Achieved Without Undermining Program's Major Contributions to Society
January 27, 1999
Market-Based Model Recommended For Medicare, As National Academy Of Social Insurance Panel Urges Competition Among Medicare Plans
April 17, 1998
Medicare's Management And Services Outdated, Experts Report
January 29, 1998

Long-Term Services and Supports

Future of Social Security, Medicare, and more will be shaped by lessons from COVID-19 Crisis
October 22, 2020
Health Policy and Social Security Experts Carroll Estes and Theodore Marmor receive the 2019 Robert M. Ball Award for Outstanding Achievements in Social Insurance
June 27, 2019
Medicaid Reform Could Shift Risk onto States and the Most Vulnerable Americans and Harm Population Health, According to New Analysis
June 22, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: Nonpartisan Report Offers Menu of Options to Policymakers for Strengthening Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Unemployment Insurance
January 26, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: National Academy of Social Insurance Nominates 59 Experts to Membership
January 25, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: William J. Arnone Named Chief Executive Officer of National Academy of Social Insurance
July 6, 2016
National Academy of Social Insurance Nominates 51 Experts to Membership
January 27, 2016
Blue Ribbon Panel Calls for Reform in Long-Term Care, Substantial Commitment of Federal Resources
November 14, 2005
Bruce C. Vladeck Awarded the 2005 Robert M. Ball Award
June 21, 2005
Reporters' Sourcebook Offers Background on Social Security, Medicare, Unemployment Insurance
November 5, 2004 – Media Alert
Social Insurance Sourcebook
December 10, 2003 – Media Alert
National Academy of Social Insurance Announces Expert Study Panel on Long-Term Care
August 4, 2003
Blue Ribbon Panel of Bipartisan Medicare Experts Says...Medicare Needs to Be Improved to Better Serve Beneficiaries with Chronic Conditions
January 31, 2003
National Conference to Address Social Insurance in a Diverse America
January 27, 2003 – Media Alert
Seminar to Address Practical Solutions to Chronic Poverty in Third World Countries as a Result of Aging
October 25, 2002 – Media Alert
National Conference Examines Future of Social Security, Medicare, Other Programs
January 24, 2001
National Academy of Social Insurance Launches Study to Examine Medicare And HIV/AIDS in California
July 28, 2000

Workers' Compensation

New Data on Workers’ Compensation Show Benefits Declining Nationally, Coverage Increasing
November 5, 2020
Future of Social Security, Medicare, and more will be shaped by lessons from COVID-19 Crisis
October 22, 2020
Florida, Ohio, Missouri, and Wyoming: Outliers in Workers’ Compensation Benefits, According to New Data
November 7, 2019
Workers’ Compensation Coverage Increases But Benefits Decline Nationally, New Study Shows
October 31, 2019
PRESS RELEASE: Michigan Sees Nation’s Largest Decline in Workers’ Compensation Benefits as a Share of Covered Payroll
October 11, 2018
PRESS RELEASE: New York State Experiences Nation’s Largest Increase in Workers’ Compensation Costs as a Share of Covered Payroll
October 11, 2018
PRESS RELEASE: In Ohio, Workers’ Compensation Benefits and Costs as a Share of Covered Payroll Drop Sharply
October 11, 2018
PRESS RELEASE: In Oklahoma, Steep Declines in Workers’ Compensation Benefits and Costs Continue
October 11, 2018
PRESS RELEASE: New Study: Workers’ Compensation Benefits and Costs Continue to Decline as a Share of Payroll
October 11, 2018
PRESS RELEASE: In Tennessee, Workers’ Compensation Benefits as a Share of Covered Payroll Decline Sharply
October 10, 2018
PRESS RELEASE: New Study: Workers’ Compensation Costs and Benefits Decline as a Share of Payroll
October 5, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: In California, Growth Rates of Workers’ Compensation Benefits Paid and Employer Costs Decline
October 5, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: In Illinois, Total Workers’ Compensation Benefits Paid Drop Sharply Compared to Rest of U.S.
October 5, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: In Oklahoma, Workers’ Compensation Benefits Paid and Employer Costs Decline Sharply
October 5, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: In West Virginia, Workers’ Compensation Benefits and Costs Drop Sharply Compared to Rest of U.S.
October 5, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: In Washington State, Total Workers’ Compensation Benefits Increase but the Share for Medical Benefits Falls
October 5, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: National Academy of Social Insurance Nominates 59 Experts to Membership
January 25, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: Workers’ Compensation Benefits as a Share of Payroll Continue to Decline Even as Employer Costs Rise
October 5, 2016
PRESS RELEASE: William J. Arnone Named Chief Executive Officer of National Academy of Social Insurance
July 6, 2016
National Academy of Social Insurance Nominates 51 Experts to Membership
January 27, 2016
PRESS RELEASE: Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Injured Workers Continue to Decline While Employer Costs Rise
August 12, 2015
PRESS RELEASE: Growth in Employment and Earnings Brings an Uptick in Workers’ Compensation Benefits and Costs
August 26, 2014
PRESS RELEASE: Workers' Compensation Benefits, Employer Costs Rise with Economic Recovery
August 20, 2013
PRESS RELEASE: Slow Recovery Affects Workers’ Compensation Benefits and Costs
August 2, 2012
PRESS RELEASE: Job Losses Cause Workers' Compensation Coverage and Costs to Fall
August 16, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: California Workers' Compensation Benefits Decline
August 16, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Benefits Remain Steady
August 16, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Michigan Workers' Compensation Benefits Increase
August 16, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Washington State Workers' Compensation Benefits Increase
August 16, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Oregon Workers' Compensation Benefits Increase
August 16, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Workers’ Compensation Payments For Medical Care Exceed Cash Benefits For The First Time
September 9, 2010
Drop in California's Workers' Compensation Spending Slows Growth in National Spending in 2007
August 26, 2009
Drop in California's Cash Spending Lowers U.S. Workers Compensation Benefit Spending in 2006
August 26, 2008
Drop in California Spending Lowers U.S. Workers' Compensation Benefits and Costs
August 22, 2007
Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Payments Declined as a Share of Payroll in 2004
July 26, 2006
Ohio Workers' Compensation Payments Declined as a Share of Payroll in 2004
July 26, 2006
New Jersey Workers' Compensation Payments Fell Relative to Payroll in 2004
July 26, 2006
Minnesota Workers' Compensation Medical Payments Rose and Payments to Injured Workers Fell as a Share of Payroll in 2004
July 26, 2006
Michigan Workers' Compensation Payments Remain Stable as a Share of Payroll in 2004
July 26, 2006
California Workers' Compensation Payments Declined as a Share of Payroll in 2004
July 26, 2006
Employers' Costs for Workers' Compensation Rose Faster Than Benefit Payments for Injured Workers in 2004
July 26, 2006
Samuel K. Allen Named Winner of John Heinz Dissertation Award
January 19, 2006
Employers' Costs for Workers' Compensation Rise Faster Than Payments for Workers' Benefits and Medical Care in 2003
July 22, 2005
Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Payments Grew by 3.7 Percent in in 2003
July 21, 2005
Maryland Workers' Compensation Payments Grew Faster than the U.S. Average in 2003
July 21, 2005
Ohio Workers' Compensation Payments Grew Less than the U.S. Average in 2003
July 21, 2005
California Workers' Compensation Payments Grew Faster than the U.S. Average in 2003
July 21, 2005
Hawaii Workers' Compensation Payments Grew Less than the U.S. Average in 2003
July 21, 2005
Michigan Workers' Compensation Payments Declined While U.S. Spending Rose in 2003
July 21, 2005
New York Workers' Compensation Payments Grew Less than the U.S. Average in 2003
July 21, 2005
Oregon Workers' Compensation Payments Fell While U.S. Spending Rose in 2003
July 21, 2005
Washington Workers' Compensation Payments Grew by 3.7 Percent in 2003
July 21, 2005
Six New Papers on Workers' Compensation and Social Security Disability Insurance
June 17, 2005
Reporters' Sourcebook Offers Background on Social Security, Medicare, Unemployment Insurance
November 5, 2004 – Media Alert
Ohio Workers' Compensation Payments Rose 6.2 Percent in 2002 Due Mainly to Medical Spending
August 23, 2004
Social Insurance Sourcebook
December 10, 2003 – Media Alert
National Conference to Address Social Insurance in a Diverse America
January 27, 2003 – Media Alert
Seminar to Address Practical Solutions to Chronic Poverty in Third World Countries as a Result of Aging
October 25, 2002 – Media Alert
Workers' Compensation Benefits Decline Relative To Wages For Eight Years In A Row
May 22, 2002
Social Security and Workers' Compensation Aid September 11 Terror Victims
March 11, 2002
Social Security and Workers' Comp Aid Families of Sept. 11th Victims
March 7, 2002 – Media Alert
National Conference Examines Future of Social Security, Medicare, Other Programs
January 24, 2001
Workers' Compensation Benefits Decline as a Percent of Payroll for Six Years in a Row
May 4, 2000
Workers' Compensation Payments Decline
March 15, 1999

Disability

Future of Social Security, Medicare, and more will be shaped by lessons from COVID-19 Crisis
October 22, 2020
MEDIA ALERT: New Approaches to Social Security Policy
October 13, 2017 – Media Alert
PRESS RELEASE: New Study: Workers’ Compensation Costs and Benefits Decline as a Share of Payroll
October 5, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: In California, Growth Rates of Workers’ Compensation Benefits Paid and Employer Costs Decline
October 5, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: In Illinois, Total Workers’ Compensation Benefits Paid Drop Sharply Compared to Rest of U.S.
October 5, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: In Oklahoma, Workers’ Compensation Benefits Paid and Employer Costs Decline Sharply
October 5, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: In West Virginia, Workers’ Compensation Benefits and Costs Drop Sharply Compared to Rest of U.S.
October 5, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: In Washington State, Total Workers’ Compensation Benefits Increase but the Share for Medical Benefits Falls
October 5, 2017
Medicaid Reform Could Shift Risk onto States and the Most Vulnerable Americans and Harm Population Health, According to New Analysis
June 22, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: Nonpartisan Report Offers Menu of Options to Policymakers for Strengthening Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Unemployment Insurance
January 26, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: National Academy of Social Insurance Nominates 59 Experts to Membership
January 25, 2017
MEDIA ALERT: What You Need to Know about Social Security’s 2017 Cost-of-Living Adjustment
October 17, 2016
PRESS RELEASE: Workers’ Compensation Benefits as a Share of Payroll Continue to Decline Even as Employer Costs Rise
October 5, 2016
PRESS RELEASE: William J. Arnone Named Chief Executive Officer of National Academy of Social Insurance
July 6, 2016
National Academy of Social Insurance Nominates 51 Experts to Membership
January 27, 2016
PRESS RELEASE: Workers’ Compensation Benefits for Injured Workers Continue to Decline While Employer Costs Rise
August 12, 2015
PRESS RELEASE: Hard Choices on Social Security: Survey Finds Most Americans Would Pay More to Fix Its Finances and Improve Benefits
October 23, 2014
PRESS RELEASE: Growth in Employment and Earnings Brings an Uptick in Workers’ Compensation Benefits and Costs
August 26, 2014
PRESS RELEASE: Workers' Compensation Benefits, Employer Costs Rise with Economic Recovery
August 20, 2013
PRESS RELEASE: Social Security Disability Insurance: Action Needed to Address Finances
May 23, 2013
PRESS RELEASE: Slow Recovery Affects Workers’ Compensation Benefits and Costs
August 2, 2012
PRESS RELEASE: Job Losses Cause Workers' Compensation Coverage and Costs to Fall
August 16, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: California Workers' Compensation Benefits Decline
August 16, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Benefits Remain Steady
August 16, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Michigan Workers' Compensation Benefits Increase
August 16, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Washington State Workers' Compensation Benefits Increase
August 16, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Oregon Workers' Compensation Benefits Increase
August 16, 2011
NASI Announces Grassroots Outreach and Education Initiatives to Strengthen Social Security
November 12, 2010
PRESS RELEASE: Workers’ Compensation Payments For Medical Care Exceed Cash Benefits For The First Time
September 9, 2010
Policymakers Have Many Options to Make Social Security Both Solvent and More Adequate
October 30, 2009
Drop in California's Workers' Compensation Spending Slows Growth in National Spending in 2007
August 26, 2009
Economic Crisis Underscores Need to Improve Social Security Benefits
January 30, 2009
Drop in California's Cash Spending Lowers U.S. Workers Compensation Benefit Spending in 2006
August 26, 2008
NASI Announces Winners of Rockefeller Foundation Innovation Awards to Strengthen Social Security for Vulnerable Groups
July 23, 2008
Social Security Lifts 1.3 Million Children Out of Poverty
February 26, 2008
Drop in California Spending Lowers U.S. Workers' Compensation Benefits and Costs
August 22, 2007
Michel Boudreaux Named First Eileen Sweeney Intern at National Academy of Social Insurance
May 14, 2007
Social Security Key In Providing Income Security for Families of Deceased Military Service Men and Women
November 1, 2006
Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Payments Declined as a Share of Payroll in 2004
July 26, 2006
Ohio Workers' Compensation Payments Declined as a Share of Payroll in 2004
July 26, 2006
New Jersey Workers' Compensation Payments Fell Relative to Payroll in 2004
July 26, 2006
Minnesota Workers' Compensation Medical Payments Rose and Payments to Injured Workers Fell as a Share of Payroll in 2004
July 26, 2006
Michigan Workers' Compensation Payments Remain Stable as a Share of Payroll in 2004
July 26, 2006
California Workers' Compensation Payments Declined as a Share of Payroll in 2004
July 26, 2006
Employers' Costs for Workers' Compensation Rose Faster Than Benefit Payments for Injured Workers in 2004
July 26, 2006
Social Security and Hurricane Katrina
September 9, 2005 – Media Alert
Six New Papers on Workers' Compensation and Social Security Disability Insurance
June 17, 2005
Reporters' Sourcebook Offers Background on Social Security, Medicare, Unemployment Insurance
November 5, 2004 – Media Alert
Ohio Workers' Compensation Payments Rose 6.2 Percent in 2002 Due Mainly to Medical Spending
August 23, 2004
Social Insurance Sourcebook
December 10, 2003 – Media Alert
National Conference to Address Social Insurance in a Diverse America
January 27, 2003 – Media Alert
Seminar to Address Practical Solutions to Chronic Poverty in Third World Countries as a Result of Aging
October 25, 2002 – Media Alert
Social Security and Workers' Compensation Aid September 11 Terror Victims
March 11, 2002
Social Security and Workers' Comp Aid Families of Sept. 11th Victims
March 7, 2002 – Media Alert

Unemployment Insurance

New Task Force on Unemployment Insurance at the National Academy of Social Insurance
December 22, 2020
Future of Social Security, Medicare, and more will be shaped by lessons from COVID-19 Crisis
October 22, 2020
PRESS RELEASE: Nonpartisan Report Offers Menu of Options to Policymakers for Strengthening Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Unemployment Insurance
January 26, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: National Academy of Social Insurance Nominates 59 Experts to Membership
January 25, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: William J. Arnone Named Chief Executive Officer of National Academy of Social Insurance
July 6, 2016
National Academy of Social Insurance Nominates 51 Experts to Membership
January 27, 2016
PRESS RELEASE: Unemployment Insurance Program Faces Unprecedented Borrowing
October 18, 2011
Reporters' Sourcebook Offers Background on Social Security, Medicare, Unemployment Insurance
November 5, 2004 – Media Alert
Social Insurance Sourcebook
December 10, 2003 – Media Alert
National Conference to Address Social Insurance in a Diverse America
January 27, 2003 – Media Alert
Seminar to Address Practical Solutions to Chronic Poverty in Third World Countries as a Result of Aging
October 25, 2002 – Media Alert
National Conference Examines Future of Social Security, Medicare, Other Programs
January 24, 2001

Caregiving

Workforce Issues and Employee Benefits

PRESS RELEASE: Michigan Sees Nation’s Largest Decline in Workers’ Compensation Benefits as a Share of Covered Payroll
October 11, 2018
PRESS RELEASE: New York State Experiences Nation’s Largest Increase in Workers’ Compensation Costs as a Share of Covered Payroll
October 11, 2018
PRESS RELEASE: In Ohio, Workers’ Compensation Benefits and Costs as a Share of Covered Payroll Drop Sharply
October 11, 2018
PRESS RELEASE: In Oklahoma, Steep Declines in Workers’ Compensation Benefits and Costs Continue
October 11, 2018
PRESS RELEASE: New Study: Workers’ Compensation Benefits and Costs Continue to Decline as a Share of Payroll
October 11, 2018
PRESS RELEASE: In Tennessee, Workers’ Compensation Benefits as a Share of Covered Payroll Decline Sharply
October 10, 2018
PRESS RELEASE: New Study: Workers’ Compensation Costs and Benefits Decline as a Share of Payroll
October 5, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: In California, Growth Rates of Workers’ Compensation Benefits Paid and Employer Costs Decline
October 5, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: In Illinois, Total Workers’ Compensation Benefits Paid Drop Sharply Compared to Rest of U.S.
October 5, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: In Oklahoma, Workers’ Compensation Benefits Paid and Employer Costs Decline Sharply
October 5, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: In West Virginia, Workers’ Compensation Benefits and Costs Drop Sharply Compared to Rest of U.S.
October 5, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: In Washington State, Total Workers’ Compensation Benefits Increase but the Share for Medical Benefits Falls
October 5, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: Nonpartisan Report Offers Menu of Options to Policymakers for Strengthening Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Unemployment Insurance
January 26, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: National Academy of Social Insurance Nominates 59 Experts to Membership
January 25, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: Workers’ Compensation Benefits as a Share of Payroll Continue to Decline Even as Employer Costs Rise
October 5, 2016
PRESS RELEASE: William J. Arnone Named Chief Executive Officer of National Academy of Social Insurance
July 6, 2016
National Academy of Social Insurance Nominates 51 Experts to Membership
January 27, 2016
PRESS RELEASE: Hard Choices on Social Security: Survey Finds Most Americans Would Pay More to Fix Its Finances and Improve Benefits
October 23, 2014
PRESS RELEASE: Marilyn Moon to Receive 2014 Robert M. Ball Award
June 3, 2014
PRESS RELEASE: NASI Launches Public Education Project on "When to Claim Social Security"
July 23, 2013
“Just the Facts” Video Debuts on the 77th Anniversary of Social Security
August 14, 2012
NASI Announces Continued Grassroots Outreach and Education Initiatives to Strengthen Social Security
April 5, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Targeted Improvements, 75-Year Financing Plan Would Strengthen Social Security for the Long Run
November 10, 2010
PRESS RELEASE: Workers’ Compensation Payments For Medical Care Exceed Cash Benefits For The First Time
September 9, 2010
John Rother Receives 2010 Robert M. Ball Award
June 23, 2010
Policymakers Have Many Options to Make Social Security Both Solvent and More Adequate
October 30, 2009
Drop in California's Workers' Compensation Spending Slows Growth in National Spending in 2007
August 26, 2009
Economic Crisis Fuels Support for Social Security
August 13, 2009
Economic Crisis Underscores Need to Improve Social Security Benefits
January 30, 2009
Drop in California's Cash Spending Lowers U.S. Workers Compensation Benefit Spending in 2006
August 26, 2008
NASI Announces Winners of Rockefeller Foundation Innovation Awards to Strengthen Social Security for Vulnerable Groups
July 23, 2008
Drop in California Spending Lowers U.S. Workers' Compensation Benefits and Costs
August 22, 2007
Social Security Key In Providing Income Security for Families of Deceased Military Service Men and Women
November 1, 2006
Reporters' Sourcebook Offers Background on Social Security, Medicare, Unemployment Insurance
November 5, 2004 – Media Alert
Ohio Workers' Compensation Payments Rose 6.2 Percent in 2002 Due Mainly to Medical Spending
August 23, 2004
Social Insurance Sourcebook
December 10, 2003 – Media Alert
National Conference to Address Social Insurance in a Diverse America
January 27, 2003 – Media Alert
Seminar to Address Practical Solutions to Chronic Poverty in Third World Countries as a Result of Aging
October 25, 2002 – Media Alert
National Conference Examines Future of Social Security, Medicare, Other Programs
January 24, 2001

Inequality

Interdisciplinary Study Panel on Economic Security launches at the National Academy of Social Insurance
November 15, 2019

Poverty and Income Assistance

Interdisciplinary Study Panel on Economic Security launches at the National Academy of Social Insurance
November 15, 2019
Policy Innovations Challenge to Ensure Social Security Adequacy for Workers
February 7, 2019
MEDIA ALERT: New Approaches to Social Security Policy
October 13, 2017 – Media Alert
Medicaid Reform Could Shift Risk onto States and the Most Vulnerable Americans and Harm Population Health, According to New Analysis
June 22, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: Nonpartisan Expert Panel Recommends Steps to Strengthen Medicaid’s Role in Building a Culture of Health
January 26, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: Nonpartisan Report Offers Menu of Options to Policymakers for Strengthening Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Unemployment Insurance
January 26, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: National Academy of Social Insurance Nominates 59 Experts to Membership
January 25, 2017
MEDIA ALERT: What You Need to Know about Social Security’s 2017 Cost-of-Living Adjustment
October 17, 2016
PRESS RELEASE: Workers’ Compensation Benefits as a Share of Payroll Continue to Decline Even as Employer Costs Rise
October 5, 2016
PRESS RELEASE: William J. Arnone Named Chief Executive Officer of National Academy of Social Insurance
July 6, 2016
National Academy of Social Insurance Announces Distinguished Panelists for Project on Medicaid as a Critical Lever in Building a Culture of Health
February 12, 2016
National Academy of Social Insurance Nominates 51 Experts to Membership
January 27, 2016
PRESS RELEASE: Hard Choices on Social Security: Survey Finds Most Americans Would Pay More to Fix Its Finances and Improve Benefits
October 23, 2014
PRESS RELEASE: Growth in Employment and Earnings Brings an Uptick in Workers’ Compensation Benefits and Costs
August 26, 2014
PRESS RELEASE: Support for Social Security Especially Strong Among African Americans and Hispanics
May 8, 2013
“Just the Facts” Video Debuts on the 77th Anniversary of Social Security
August 14, 2012
‘The People Are What Matter’
August 12, 2011
NASI Announces Continued Grassroots Outreach and Education Initiatives to Strengthen Social Security
April 5, 2011
NASI Announces Grassroots Outreach and Education Initiatives to Strengthen Social Security
November 12, 2010
John Rother Receives 2010 Robert M. Ball Award
June 23, 2010
PRESS RELEASE: A New Deal for Young Adults: New Study Considers Social Security Benefits for Students
May 14, 2010
Policymakers Have Many Options to Make Social Security Both Solvent and More Adequate
October 30, 2009
Economic Crisis Underscores Need to Improve Social Security Benefits
January 30, 2009
NASI Announces Winners of Rockefeller Foundation Innovation Awards to Strengthen Social Security for Vulnerable Groups
July 23, 2008
Social Security Lifts 1.3 Million Children Out of Poverty
February 26, 2008
Social Security Is Worth $225,000 for a Typical Retiree
January 31, 2008

News About NASI

COVID-19 Task Force at the National Academy of Social Insurance launches with Epidemiology Working Group
December 23, 2020
New Task Force on Unemployment Insurance at the National Academy of Social Insurance
December 22, 2020
National Academy of Social Insurance Staff Form Union with NPEU
December 17, 2020
A Pledge to Create a Stronger Society, a Fairer Future
June 5, 2020
Statement on the economic impacts of COVID-19
April 22, 2020
Sixty-Four Experts Elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance
January 9, 2020
Health Economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology wins 2020 John Heinz Dissertation Award
December 11, 2019
Interdisciplinary Study Panel on Economic Security launches at the National Academy of Social Insurance
November 15, 2019
Health Policy and Social Security Experts Carroll Estes and Theodore Marmor receive the 2019 Robert M. Ball Award for Outstanding Achievements in Social Insurance
June 27, 2019
Forty-Five Experts Elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance
February 14, 2019
Political Science and Public Health Scholar at University of Pennsylvania wins 2019 John Heinz Dissertation Award
December 13, 2018
PRESS RELEASE: Fifty-Two Experts Elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance
February 14, 2018
National Academy of Social Insurance Supports Research On Health Economics with 2018 John Heinz Dissertation Award
December 8, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: National Academy of Social Insurance Nominates 59 Experts to Membership
January 25, 2017
PRESS RELEASE: William J. Arnone Named Chief Executive Officer of National Academy of Social Insurance
July 6, 2016
National Academy of Social Insurance Announces Distinguished Panelists for Project on Medicaid as a Critical Lever in Building a Culture of Health
February 12, 2016
National Academy of Social Insurance Nominates 51 Experts to Membership
January 27, 2016
Manasi Deshpande Named 2016 Winner Of John Heinz Dissertation Award
January 27, 2016
Deedee Bitran Named 2016 Winner of 2nd Annual Law Student Writing Award
January 27, 2016
PRESS RELEASE: Forty-Five New Members Elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance
February 3, 2015
PRESS RELEASE: Trinity Brown Named Recipient of Inaugural Law Student Writing Award
January 30, 2015
Forty-Five New Members Elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance
February 10, 2014
William J. Arnone Elected Chair of Board of Directors, National Academy of Social Insurance
July 2, 2013
Seventy-Two New Members Elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance
January 28, 2013
G. Lawrence Atkins Named President of the National Academy of Social Insurance
July 3, 2012
PRESS RELEASE: Karen Tani Named 2012 Winner of John Heinz Dissertation Award
January 26, 2012
Sixty-Two New Members Elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance
December 19, 2011
NASI Mourns the Loss of Board Member Susan M. Daniels
October 21, 2011
Robert Berenson, Renée Landers, William Rodgers III, and Gerald Shea Elected to NASI Board of Directors
May 9, 2011
Statement of Pamela J. Larson at the Ceremony Naming the Robert M. Ball Federal Building
February 4, 2011
Catherine B. Haskins Named 2011 Winner of John Heinz Dissertation Award
January 27, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Forty-two New Members Elected to the National Academy of Social Insurance
December 7, 2010
PRESS RELEASE: Lee Goldberg Named Director of Health Policy at NASI
September 27, 2010
John Rother Receives 2010 Robert M. Ball Award
June 23, 2010
Janice Gregory, G. William Hoagland, Christopher O'Flinn, and Jane Ross Elected to NASI Board of Directors
April 30, 2010
National Academy of Social Insurance Announces New Members
March 4, 2010
Robert J. Myers, Longtime Chief Actuary of SSA, Dies at the age of 97
February 15, 2010
Jessie B. Ramey Named 2010 Winner of John Heinz Dissertation Award
January 21, 2010
Janice Gregory Named President of the National Academy of Social Insurance
July 1, 2009
Jennie Chin Hansen, Susan Daniels, Judy Feder, and Michael Graetz Elected to NASI Board of Directors
May 7, 2009
Columbia University PhD Wins 2009 Heinz Dissertation Award
January 29, 2009
National Academy of Social Insurance Announces New Members
January 13, 2009
NASI Announces Winners of Rockefeller Foundation Innovation Awards to Strengthen Social Security for Vulnerable Groups
July 23, 2008
NASI Announces $50,000 Grant from Teresa and John Heinz Fund
June 23, 2008
Nancy Altman, Christine Baker, Jacob Hacker, and Lisa Mensah Elected to NASI Board of Directors
May 1, 2008
National Academy of Social Insurance Announces New Members
January 31, 2008
Sandra Levitsky Named 2008 Winner of John Heinz Dissertation Award
January 31, 2008
Statement from Lawrence Thompson, Chair NASI Board of Directors, on the Death of NASI's Founder, Robert M. Ball
January 30, 2008
Kenneth Apfel, Richard Hobbie, Jill Quadagno, and Gerald Shea Elected to NASI Board of Directors
July 11, 2007
Michel Boudreaux Named First Eileen Sweeney Intern at National Academy of Social Insurance
May 14, 2007
Giovanni Mastrobuoni Named Winner of John Heinz Dissertation Award
February 1, 2007
National Academy of Social Insurance Elects New Members
December 18, 2006
Kathleen Buto, Joseph Quinn, William Spriggs, and Lawrence Thompson Elected to National Academy of Social Insurance Board of Directors
May 10, 2006
Samuel K. Allen Named Winner of John Heinz Dissertation Award
January 19, 2006
NASI Launches Campaign to Help Journalists Sort Through Medicare's New Prescription Drug Benefit
October 31, 2005
National Academy of Social Insurance Elects New Members
September 8, 2005
Marilyn Moon Named President of National Academy of Social Insurance
August 8, 2005
Paul Van De Water Named Vice President for Health Policy at National Academy of Social Insurance
April 18, 2005
Alan Jacobs Named Winner of John Heinz Dissertation Award
January 26, 2005
NASI Announces New Study Panel on Medicare's Role in Reducing Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities
April 21, 2004
Robin L. McKnight Named Winner of John Heinz Dissertation Award
January 26, 2004
Social Insurance Sourcebook
December 10, 2003 – Media Alert
National Academy of Social Insurance Elects New Members
August 6, 2003
Renowned Law Professor Named President of National Academy of Social Insurance
July 23, 2003
Matt Vogenitz Named First Nathan J. Stark Intern
June 11, 2003
Journalist Bob Rosenblatt Becomes Senior Fellow at the National Academy of Social Insurance
February 25, 2003
Jennifer L. Erkulwater Named Winner of John Heinz Dissertation Award
January 30, 2003
National Conference to Address Social Insurance in a Diverse America
January 27, 2003 – Media Alert
Kathleen King Named Director of Health Security Policy at National Academy of Social Insurance
February 15, 2002
Jason Barabas and Irineu Carvalho Named Winners of John Heinz Dissertation Award
January 24, 2001
National Academy of Social Insurance Elects New Members
July 27, 2000
Ann L. Combs And Margaret C. Simms Elected To National Academy Of Social Insurance Board of Directors
July 27, 2000
Eichner Named To Health Research Team At National Academy of Social Insurance
November 16, 1999
Braunstein Named Director of Communications at the National Academy of Social Insurance
November 16, 1999
Katherine Baicker Named Seventh Winner of Heinz Dissertation Award
January 14, 1999