EBRI December 2003 Policy Forum #54
Assessing Future Retirement Security with the Results of the EBRI/ERF Retirement Security Projection Model
Policy Forum Presentations:
Introduction: Dallas Salisbury, EBRI
- Reasons for development of the model
- Areas that will be challenged if tomorrow's elderly have inadequate income
Projections of Future Retirement Income Adequacy:
Jack VanDerhei, Temple University and EBRI Fellow, and Craig Copeland, EBRI
- What if no policies change
- What if Social Security is reformed
- What if people access housing wealth in retirement
Retiree Health and Long-Term Care Expenditures: Changes Ahead?
- Medicaid (implications of proposed or potential changes in structure and financing): Diane Rowland, Kaiser Family Foundation
- Medicare (implications of proposed or potential changes in coverage and in Part B costs): Cathy Schoen, Commonwealth Fund
- Implications for state budgeting: George Naughton, Senior Analyst, Oregon
- Supplemental health coverage for retirees: Paul Fronstin, EBRI
- Long-term care (including long-term care insurance): Robert Friedland, Georgetown University, Center on an Aging Society
Policy Levers for Changing Retiree Well Being:
- Tax policy: J. Mark Iwry, Esq., Non-Resident Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution
- Private-sector retirement benefits policy for large employers: Chris Bone, Aon Consulting
- Private-sector retirement benefits policy for small employers: Chris Bowman, Principal Financial Group
- Employment policies: Charles Tharp, Rutgers University
- Public-sector entitlements: Harriette Chandler, Massachusetts State Senate
- Insurance products: Nicholas Latrenta, MetLife
- Women's issues: Sheryl Ruzek, Temple University
Synthesis of the day's events: Dan Fox, Milbank Memorial Fund
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