Social Security and the Future of Retirement

Social Security and the Future of Retirement, an AARP Solutions Forum, featured a panel discussion with Alicia Munnell, director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College; Alice Rivlin, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; John Rother, chief policy strategist at AARP; and Madonna Harrington Meyer of the Center for Policy Research at Syracuse University.

Moderated by journalist Juan Williams, the forum brought together policy experts and stakeholders for a discussion of issues related to the role Social Security plays in our retirement system. Specifically, the forum looked 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 retirement security.