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When: Tue, October 30 2012 05:30 PM Building Martin University Center , Ballroom Calendars: Bliss Institute Share Digg Del.icio.us Yahoo Google Newsvine close X Thomas Saving, PhD, is University Distinguished Professor of Economics, Director of the Private Enterprise Research Center, and holds the Jeff Montgomery Professorship in Economics at Texas A&M University. He is author or co-author of numerous journal articles and four books, including two influential books on monetary theory. His current research emphasis is on the benefit of markets in solving the pressing issues in health care and Social Security; he is co-editor of Medicare Reform: Issues and Answers (University of Chicago Press, 1999) and co-author of The Economics of Medicare Reform (Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2000) and The Diagnosis and Treatment of Medicare (AEI Press, 2006). In 2000, President Clinton appointed Dr. Saving as a Public Trustee of the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds; he was re-appointed Trustee by President Bush and served until 2007. In 2001, he was appointed by President Bush to the bipartisan Commission to Strengthen Social Security. Dr. Saving has testified before the US Congress many times on the economics of Medicare and Social Security. Dr. Saving has been President of the Western Economics Association, the Southern Economics Association, and the Association of Private Enterprise Education. Download to your calendar	Related Events No Related Events

Reforming Medicare for the Long Run

When:: Tue, October 30 2012 05:30 PM
Building: Martin University Center , Ballroom
Calendars:: Bliss Institute

Thomas Saving, PhD, is University Distinguished Professor of Economics, Director of the Private Enterprise Research Center, and holds the Jeff Montgomery Professorship in Economics at Texas A&M University. He is author or co-author of numerous journal articles and four books, including two influential books on monetary theory. His current research emphasis is on the benefit of markets in solving the pressing issues in health care and Social Security; he is co-editor of Medicare Reform: Issues and Answers (University of Chicago Press, 1999) and co-author of The Economics of Medicare Reform (Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2000) and The Diagnosis and Treatment of Medicare (AEI Press, 2006).

In 2000, President Clinton appointed Dr. Saving as a Public Trustee of the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds; he was re-appointed Trustee by President Bush and served until 2007. In 2001, he was appointed by President Bush to the bipartisan Commission to Strengthen Social Security. Dr. Saving has testified before the US Congress many times on the economics of Medicare and Social Security.

Dr. Saving has been President of the Western Economics Association, the Southern Economics Association, and the Association of Private Enterprise Education.