Global Aging Forum: Why Social Security Reform Still Matters

Speaker:
Andrew G. Biggs, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute and former Principal Deputy Commissioner, Social Security Administration

Chaired by:
Richard Jackson, Director, CSIS Global Aging Initiative

With the long-term budget projections dominated by rising expenditures on Medicare and Medicaid, is Social Security reform really that important? Dr. Andrew Biggs, Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and former Principal Deputy Commissioner at the Social Security Administration, made the case that it matters a lot—and shareed his insights on how it might play out in the next administration.