United States Senate Special Committee on Aging
Hearings

Retiring Baby Boomers: Meeting the Challenges

March 6, 1997

 

This hearing will seek to provide an overview of the mounting challenges facing older Americans today. It will look at the affects of the impending Baby Boomer retirment on society, the public perception of this demographic shift, and ways in which to meet this change


Date: March 6, 1997
Time: 9:30 am
Room: 628 Dirksen


Statements of Committee Members

  1. Senator Chuck Grassley, Chairman, Iowa
  2. Senator John Breaux, Ranking Member, Louisiana

Witness Testimony Panel 1

  1. Gail Wilensky, Chair, Physician Payment Review Commission, John M. Olin Senior Fellow, Project HOPE, Bethesda, Maryland (written statement not available)
  2. David Walker, former Public Trustee, Social Security Program, Partner and Global Managing Director, Human Capital Services Practice, Atlanta, Georgia
  3. David Salisbury, President and CEO, Employee Benefit Research Institute, Washington, DC

Witness Testimony Panel 2

  1. Madelyn Hochstein, President and co-founder, DYG, Inc., Danbury, Connecticut

Witness Testimony Panel 3


  1. Barry Bosworth, Senior Fellow in Economic Studies, Brookings Institution, Washington, DC (written statement not available)
  2. Olivia Mitchell, Professor of Insurance and Risk Management, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (written statement not available)
  3. Robert Butler, Mount Sinai Hospital, Executive Director, International Longevity Center, New York, New York (written statement not available)
  4. James Towey, President and founder, Commission on Aging With Dignity, Tallahassee, Florida (written statement not available)

Hearing Publications

  • Committee on Aging Print 105-3