Distinguished Speaker Series
September 30, 2004
Featuring Professor Richard L. Kaplan from the University of Illinois College of Law
"Who’s Afraid of Personal Responsibility? Health Savings Accounts and the Future of Health Care Policy"
Professor Kaplan is the Peer and Sarah Pedersen Professor of Law at the University of Illinois College of Law. An internationally recognized expert on U.S. taxation and tax
policy, he has lectured on three continents, testified before the U.S. Congress, and written innovative course books on business entity taxation. Professor Kaplan’s work in the field of elder law has been described as path breaking. He developed one of the first courses on elder law, an emerging specialty dealing with the legal implications of extended life. During 2000-01, he served on a 12-member panel on “The Future of the Health Care Labor Force in a Graying Society,” chaired by U.S. Secretary of Labor Lynn Martin. Professor Kaplan’s research and analytical insights delve into/illuminate healthcare options, housing alternatives as people age, individual retirement accounts,
assisted living, Social Security financial support, Medicaid, and the new prescriptiondrug
benefit created by the 2003 Medicare legislation. A Fellow of the Employee Benefits Research Institute and a member of the National Academy of Social Insurance, Professor Kaplan’s recent articles focus on long-term care and pension plans. They include “Cracking the Conundrum: Toward a Rational Financing of Long-Term Care,” in the University of Illinois Law Review, and “Enron, Pension Policy, and Social Security Privatization,” in the Arizona Law Review, 46 Ariz. L. Rev. 53 (2004). Professor Kaplan received a B.S. from Indiana University and earned his J.D. from the Yale Law School. He practiced law with a major national law firm in Houston, Texas before joining the Illinois faculty in 1979.
Time: 11:45 am
Location: campus - Lecture Hall