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Social Security Benefits, Finances, and Policy Options: A Primer

September 1, 2021

The primer is a PowerPoint presentation of approximately 40 slides that provides factual background about Social Security, its benefits and finances, and some policy options to improve the program, updated to reflect data from the 2021 Trustees Report.

New report assesses COVID-19’s trajectory and implications for Medicare, Social Security

June 1, 2021

A distinguished team of epidemiologists, including former HHS officials and other public health experts, offer a fresh framework to understand variables affecting the pandemic’s path in this report.

Designing Universal Long-Term Services and Supports Programs: Lessons from Germany and Other Countries

May 10, 2021

This brief begins with an overview of the range of existing approaches abroad to the provision of universal LTSS, and then considers lessons from an in-depth case study of the German program.

American Rescue Plan strengthens the nation’s social insurance system

March 17, 2021

The size and scope of the landmark $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act recently enacted are rightly receiving recognition for their boldness and for the contrast with what is now widely recognized as much-too-little assistance in the aftermath of the Great Recession.

Unemployment Research Recognized with 2021 John Heinz Dissertation Award

March 1, 2021

Emilie Jackson, a post-doctoral fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research, is the recipient of the National Academy of Social Insurance’s 2021 John Heinz Dissertation Award.

Task Force on Older Workers launches at the National Academy of Social Insurance

February 22, 2021

The National Academy of Social Insurance has launched a new Task Force to identify and assess options for improving retirement security for older workers who are either in physically demanding jobs, facing health challenges, or both, but who do not currently qualify for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI).

Understanding Opioids in the Context of Workers’ Compensation

February 22, 2021

After a decade of devastation, policymakers are finally making strides to quell the rising rate of opioid related overdose deaths (ORODs). In 2018, there was a four percent reduction in ORODs and an increase in life expectancy for the first time since 2014; yet for the sixth consecutive year..

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In Memoriam: Jonathan Forman
Thursday, August 19, 2021

In Memoriam: Richard Trumka
Friday, August 6, 2021

We have a once in a generation opportunity to make long-overdue updates to SSI

Rebecca Vallas, Senior Fellow, Century Foundation; Secretary, National Academy of Social Insurance Board of Directors

Friday, July 16, 2021

Member Spotlight

Barbara Bovbjerg

Chair, Task Force on Older Workers; Retirement Security Specialist

Neil R. Powe, MD

Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

Walt Dawson

Assistant Professor of Neurology, School of Medicine, and Assistant Professor, School of Public Health Oregon Health & Science University

David Autor and Michael Stepner

Economists studying inequality and social insurance

June Hopkins

Author and Historian

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Academy Members in the DC metro area have the exclusive opportunity to request a summer intern. Each year, the Academy recruits highly motivated graduate and undergraduate students nationwide. Selection Committees identify top applicants who are matched with an organization, where the student will work full-time for 12 weeks.

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