NASI - Tribute Video in honor of John Rother at the 2010 Robert M. Ball Award

On Tuesday, June 22, 2010, John C. Rother, Executive Vice President of Policy and Strategy at AARP, received the 2010 Robert M. Ball Award for Outstanding Achievements in Social Insurance from the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). This tribute video, made possible by AARP, was aired at the award event held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC.

Each year, the Robert M. Ball Award for Outstanding Achievements in Social Insurance is presented to an individual whose recent work has made a significant impact on the U.S. social insurance system. Selection criteria:

* Innovation in changing, education about or otherwise furthering public understanding and informed policymaking in a specific area of social insurance; and
* Effectiveness in deepening public understanding, fostering collaboration, informing policy, implementing policy, or teaching others about social insurance.

Robert M. Ball served as Commissioner of Social Security from 1962 to 1973. Ball founded the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) in 1986. He continued to advise presidential administrations and policy-makers and write on Social Security, Medicare, national health insurance and welfare until his death in January 2008 at the age of 93.

The video features tributes to John Rother and messages from:
President Bill Clinton
Senator Jay Rockefeller
Congressman Earl Pomeroy
Kenneth Apfel, University of Maryland
Larry Atkins, Merck & Co., Inc.
Christine Cassel, American Board of Internal Medicine
Nancy-Ann DeParle, White House Office of Health Reform
Charles "Chip" Kahn, III, Federation of American Hospitals
Pamela Larson, National Academy of Social Insurance
Mark McClellan, Engelberg Center for Health Care Reform, The Brookings Institution
Steve McConnell, The Atlantic Philanthropies
Mike McCurry, Grassroots.com
Tom Nelson, AARP
Tricia Neuman, Medicare Policy Project, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Bill Novelli, Former Executive Director & CEO, AARP
Barry Rand, AARP
Hans Riemer, AARP Public Policy Institute
Gail Wilensky, Project Hope

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