Upcoming event: Social Security Disability Insurance: Challenges and Opportunities

Social Security Disability Insurance: Challenges and Opportunities Friday, June 21, 2013 • 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. ET Russell Senate Office Building, Room 385 Constitution Avenue and 1st Street, NE Washington, DC 20002
To attend in person in Washington, D.C., register at: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/6949272461. (Registration is required.)
Panelists: Moderator: Howard Gleckman, Resident Fellow, Urban Institute Kenneth Apfel, Professor of Practice at University of Maryland School of Public Policy and Former Commissioner of the Social Security Administration Lisa Ekman, Director of Federal Policy, Health and Disability Advocates Melissa Favreault, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute Gina Livermore, Senior Researcher, Mathematica Policy Research Join our panel of experts as they answer such questions as: What are the economic circumstances of Disability Insurance (DI) beneficiaries?  What policies might improve these? What are the main challenges for the DI program? How should DI fit into Social Security reform discussions? How would DI beneficiaries be affected by alternate approaches to reducing Social Security’s long-range financing gap? How might the current political environment shape DI’s future?