Washington U. Hosts Conference Today on Employee Benefits in an Era of Retrenchment

Washington University hosts a conference today on Employee Benefits in an Era of Retrenchment:

Panel #1 – Health Care

• Amy Monahan (Minnesota), Rethinking Small Employer Health Insurance
• Susan Cancelosi (Wayne State), The Quandary of Federal Intervention in Retiree Health Benefits
• Donald Bogan (Oklahoma) (moderator/commentator)

Panel #2 – The Future of Employer Plans

• Colleen Medill (Nebraska), The New Revocable Property
• Norman Stein (Drexel) & Hanns Kuttner (Hudson Institute), Evidence-Based Retirement Policy
• Russell Osgood (Washington U.) (moderator/commentator)

Panel #3 – Social Insecurity

• Kathryn Moore (Kentucky), Social Security Reform in an Era of Retrenchment: The Shifting Focus of the Debate
• Patricia Dilley (Florida), Are [Payroll] Taxes Just for “Little People”?: Sharing the Burden of Financing Old Age Income Security
• Barry Kozak (John Marshall) (moderator/commentator)

Panel #4 – ERISA in Action

• Brendan Maher (Oklahoma City), Private Agreements and Discretionary Clause Federalism
• Sean Anderson (Illinois), ERISA Benefits Litigation Before and After Glenn
• Peter Wiedenbeck (Washington U.), Invisible Pension Investments
• Elizabeth Pendo (St. Louis) (moderator/commentator)

Panel #5 – Comparative Perspectives

• Paul Secunda (Marquette), Lessons from the Ontario Expert Pension Commission for U.S. Policymakers
• Dana Muir (Michigan), Defaults—A Comparative Approach to Fiduciary Obligation and the Role of Markets
• Jonathan Forman (Oklahoma), Optimal Distribution Rules for Defined Contribution Plans: What Can We Learn from the U.S., Australia, and Other Countries?
• John Turner (Pension Policy Center) (moderator/commentator)