Retirement Forum Webcast, 8/3/2007

The National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) hosts a daylong seminar that offers students, interns, and others a glimpse of the political, economic, and personal issues they will face during the aging and retirement of their parents and grandparents.

Can We Afford Our Parents' and Grandparents' Retirement?

Part 1: (video - 256k) (transcript)
“The Big Federal Programs: Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid” 
     Moderator: Kari Raichert, Arizona University 
     Medicare/Medicaid: Juliette Cubanski, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation  
     Social Security and Pensions: Virginia P. Reno, National Academy of Social Insurance
     Minorities and Older Women: Margaret Simms, The Urban Institute 
     People with Disabilities: Susan Daniels, Daniels and Associates

Part 2: (video - 256k) (transcript)
"Always Choices: How Should We Reform These Programs?"
     Moderator: Rachel Shiffrin, Boston College 
     Social Security: Nancy Altman, Independent Consultant 
     Health Care: Marilyn Moon, American Institutes for Research  
     Market Solutions: Tom Miller, American Enterprise Institute  
     Politics: Theodore Marmor, Yale University