The Myths and Realities of Entitlement Programs in our Aging Nation

The UCLA Emeriti and Retirees Associations invite you to an engaging and informative UCLA Conversation with Fernando Torres-Gil, Director of UCLA’s Center for Policy Research on Aging and UCLA Professor Emeritus of Social Welfare and Public Policy. This program is titled “The Myths and Realities of Entitlement Programs in our Aging Nation.” Professor Torres-Gil is a national expert on aging, health and long-term care, with extensive U.S. and California government experience. President Jimmy Carter appointed him to the Federal Council on Aging; President Bill Clinton appointed him as U.S. Assistant Secretary on Aging in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Professor Torres-Gil organized the 1995 White House Conference on Aging. Barack Obama appointed him as Vice Chair of the National Council on Disability and Staff Director of the U.S. House Select Committee on Aging. He is a board member of the AARP Foundation. 

Professor Torres-Gill will shed light about on-going debates regarding the financial dilemmas facing Social Security and Medicare and what he describes as the scare tactics by both parties about the solutions for sustaining these programs as well as public and private pensions. He will discuss the realities of an aging population and the future of entitlement programs for today’s elders and aging baby boomers. He will share lessons from his distinguished career that shed light on the politics of aging. Topics are also expected to include long-term care and the caregiving crisis facing the nation.

This conversation will be led by Daniel J.B. Mitchell, Professor Emeritus at UCLA’s Anderson Graduate School of Management and UCLA’s Luskin School of Public Affairs, who has served on the Emeriti Association’s Board of Directors for more than a decade.

This insightful program will be held at Belmont Village Senior Living, located at 10475 Wilshire Blvd. in West Los Angeles.

The UCLA Emeriti Association and the UCLA Retirees Association (UCLARA) are both all-volunteer organizations that represent the interests of UCLA's retired faculty/staff and plan programs for their members. Support their advocacy efforts by joining or renewing your membership. Membership forms will be available at the program.