The Future of Social Security: Solvency, Adequacy & Equity, and Work
Forum #3
Wednesday, July 14
8:30-10:00 a.m.
106 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Constitution Avenue and First Street, NE
Washington, D.C.
Panelists:
• Gary Burtless, senior fellow and John C. and Nancy D. Whitehead Chair in Economic Studies, Brookings Institution
• Howard Gleckman, resident fellow, Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center; author, Caring for Our Parents (moderator)
• Richard W. Johnson, senior fellow and director, Program on Retirement Policy, Urban Institute
• Karyne Jones, president and CEO, National Caucus and Center on Black Aged
• Monique Morrissey, economist, Economic Policy Institute
• David Stapleton, senior fellow and director, Center for Studying Disability Policy, Mathematica Policy Research
• Frank Todisco, senior pension fellow, American Academy of Actuaries
Panelists will discuss how health status, job characteristics, and job prospects intersect to affect work at older ages. What will happen to Social Security if Americans do not extend their careers as life expectancy increases? Would raising Social Security’s early entitlement age or full retirement age hurt low-income groups? Can Social Security Disability Insurance adequately protect workers with health problems? Are there alternatives to raising the retirement age that would promote work at older ages?
These forums are made possible by a generous grant from the Rockefeller Foundation.
Please visit www.retirementpolicy.org to learn about our ongoing research on the distributional effects of Social Security proposals and other income security issues affecting older Americans.
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