Easing Insecurity for Working Families

February 1-2, 2007

PowerPoint presentations made during Session II, “Easing Insecurity for Working Families,” at NASI’s 19th Annual Conference, For the Common Good: What Role for Social Insurance?

Moderator: Maya Rockeymoore, Global Policy Solutions, LLC

The State of Working America
Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute

Universal Health Insurance Coverage for Children: Social Insurance with a Twist
Alan Weil, National Academy for State Health Policy

Employers Who Care: Adequacy and Equity in Paid Leave
Vicky Lovell, Institute for Women’s Policy Research

Catching Up With The Rest of the World: Meeting the Needs of Working Families
Jody Heymann, McGill University

Establishing a True Measure of Economic Security Across Generations: The Self-Sufficiency Standard
Joan Kuriansky, Wider Opportunities for Women

**A webcast of this session by kaisernetwork.org, a free service of the Kaiser Family Foundation, is available at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/healthcast/nasi/01feb07.