DAY 1: THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012
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9:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast
10:00am Welcome
- Janice Gregory, President, NASI
10:10am Opening Keynote: The Role of Social Insurance in a Market Economy
- Jeffrey Liebman, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
- With introduction by James Roosevelt, Jr., Tufts Health Plan
10:45am Session I: Building the Business Case for Social Insurance
Why the business community and social insurance need each other, and what needs to be done to make both stronger
- Bill Bishop, The Daily Yonder
Social Security in Rural America - Terry Gardiner, Small Business Majority
Why 28 Million Small Businesses Need Social Insurance - Jake Jones, Daimler North America
Why Large Employers Need Social Insurance - Moderator: James Roosevelt, Jr., Tufts Health Plan
12:00pm Break
12:30pm Luncheon
1:00pm Session II: Health Care: The Quest for Higher Quality at More Affordable Cost
Searching for breakthrough opportunities in an era of polarized debate
- Robert Berenson, Urban Institute
The Role of Medicare - Sarah Thomas, National Committee on Quality Assurance
Getting Better Value for the Healthcare Dollar - Brian Smedley, Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Building Stronger Communities for Better Health - Moderator: John Rother, National Coalition on Health Care
2:30pm Break
3:00pm Session III: The Affordable Care Act in Adolescence: Problems and Prospects
Taking stock of the ACA, almost two years after enactment: What’s gone right/wrong? What comes next in implementation?
- Gretchen Young, The ERISA Industry Committee
The Existential Angst of Large Employers - Joel Ario, Manatt Health Solutions
Progress on Exchanges - Alan Weil, National Academy for State Health Policy
If the ACA is in Adolescence, States are Living in Dog Years - Moderator: Kim Holland, BCBS Association
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- Donald M. Berwick, Former Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- With introduction by Sheila P. Burke, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
5:30pm Reception: The 2012 John Heinz Dissertation Award Presentation Ceremony
7:00pm Dinner
7:30pm Dinner Speaker: Lessons from the New Deal
When the market economy crashed, FDR rode to the rescue. As Social Security nears its 77th birthday, what can history teach us?
- Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times
Day 2: FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 2012
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8:00am Annual Membership Breakfast Meeting (NASI Members Only)
8:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
9:00am Concurrent Roundtable Discussions
- Unemployment Insurance and the Safety Net in the Wake of the Great Recession
- Changing the Conversation: Messaging Social Security
- Increasing Rolls in Disability Insurance: Policy Perspective
- Premium Support: The Right Prescription for Medicare?
- What’s Next in Financing of Long-Term Services and Supports?
10:00am Break
10:15am Keynote Speaker: Confronting Long-Term Unemployment and the Changing Labor Market
Taking stock of the nature and extent of the current jobs crisis, and how to address it by creating more and better opportunities for workers of all ages
- Lawrence Mishel, Economic Policy Institute
- With introduction by Margaret Simms, The Urban Institute
10:50am Session IV: Remedies for a Labor Market in Distress
Do we need to rethink unemployment insurance? Training and retraining? Education? The tax code? A wide-ranging discussion of the changes and challenges ahead – and the need for fresh thinking
- Mark Levinson, SEIU
The State of the Labor Market - Arne L. Kalleberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Insuring Against Precarity - Robert C. Hockett, Cornell Law School
Public Infrastructure Investment: How and What It Will Help - Laura Fortman, Frances Perkins Center
New Deal Policies and Great Recession Realities: A State Perspective - Moderator: Margaret C. Simms, Urban Institute
12:15pm Break
12:45pm Luncheon
1:15pm Luncheon Keynote: Messaging Social Insurance: Reframing the Debate
Social insurance experts and advocates have a great story to tell. Why aren’t more Americans listening and responding to it?
- Drew Westen, Emory University and Westen Strategies, LLC
- With introduction by Lisa Mensah, NASI and The Aspen Institute
2:00pm Break
2:15pm Session V: Exploring Options to Strengthen Social Security
Can benefits be made more adequate to meet 21st century needs? Can fresh strategies produce the additional revenues Social Security will need in the future?
- Elaine Fultz, International Labor Organization office for Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia (retired)
Social Insurance in a Market Economy: Lessons from Central Europe - Ken Buffin, Buffin Partners, Inc.
Social Security Obstacles and Opportunities: Reframing the Public Debate - Meizhu Lui, Insight Center for Community Economic Development (retired)Social Security in Technicolor and 3D
- Moderator: Janice Gregory, President, NASI
3:45pm Closing Remarks: Conference Co-Chairs