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Senior Fellow

Henry J. Aaron

Henry J. Aaron

Senior Fellow, Economic Studies
The Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Chair

A noted health care expert, Henry Aaron focuses on the reform of health care financing; public systems such as Medicare and Medicaid; Social Security; and tax and budget policy.



Expertise

Budget policy and politics; health care cost, financing, and rationing; Medicaid; Medicare; Social Security; tax policy

Background

Current Positions
Member, Visiting Committee, Harvard Medical and Dental Schools; Member, Institute of Medicine;Chairman of the Board of Directors, National Academy of Social Insurance; Director, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Abt Associates; Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Past Positions
Chairman of the Board of Directors, National Academy of Social Insurance; President, Association of Public Policy and Management; Vice President, American Economic Association; Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health, Education, and Welfare; Chairman, Advisory Council on Social Security;Trustee, Georgetown University, College Retirement Equities Fund (CREF)

Education

Ph.D. (1963), M.A. (1960), Harvard University;B.A., University of California at Los Angeles, 1958


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Q&A with Henry Aaron

Social Security and Medicare Solvency

The latest report on the solvency of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds reveals that these entitlement programs will likely run out of money sooner than expected. Senior Fellow Henry Aaron assesses the future of these two programs.

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