FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 17, 2010
CONTACT: AARP Media Relations, media@aarp.org, 202-434-2560
MEDIA ADVISORY
How Well Will Social Security Serve Future Retirees?
AARP Public Policy Institute Sponsors Panel Discussion Addressing Retirement Needs for Future Generations Sept. 22
Washington, DC – As the President’s deficit commission considers changes to the future of Social Security, AARP’s Public Policy Institute will host some of the nation’s leading experts to discuss how well Social Security may serve future retirees at the next AARP Solutions Forum on Wednesday, Sept. 22.
Panelists from different perspectives will look at the importance of Social Security to seniors and the impact that increased life expectancy, changing characteristics of pensions, growing health care costs, and other trends will have on the ability of future retirees to achieve adequate retirement security. A new analysis by AARP PPI on the reliance on Social Security by older Americans in diverse communities will be released at the event.
Please email media@aarp.org or call 202-434-2560 if you plan to attend.
WHAT:
AARP Solutions Forum on “Social Security and the Future of Retirement”
WHO:
John Rother, Executive Vice President and chief policy strategist, AARP
Alicia Munnell, Director, Center for Retirement Research, Boston College
Alice Rivlin, Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Madonna Harrington Meyer, Center for Policy Research, Syracuse University
Juan Williams, National Public Radio and Fox News (Moderator)
WHEN:
Wednesday, September 22, 9:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.
WHERE:
Hyatt Regency, Columbia Room, Capitol Hill
400 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
About AARP
AARP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan social welfare organization with a membership that helps people 50+ have independence, choice and control in ways that are beneficial and affordable to them and society as a whole. AARP does not endorse candidates for public office or make contributions to either political campaigns or candidates. We produce AARP The Magazine, the definitive voice for 50+ Americans and the world's largest-circulation magazine with over 35.1 million readers; AARP Bulletin, the go-to news source for AARP's millions of members and Americans 50+; AARP VIVA, the only bilingual U.S. publication dedicated exclusively to the 50+ Hispanic community; and our website, AARP.org. AARP Foundation is an affiliated charity that provides security, protection, and empowerment to older persons in need with support from thousands of volunteers, donors, and sponsors. We have staffed offices in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
