Henry J. Aaron

Henry J. Aaron
Born
Henry Jacob Aaron

1936 (age 87–88)
NationalityAmerican
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles
Harvard University
Occupation(s)Policy analyst, economist
EmployerBrookings Institution
Known forHealthcare policy analysis
Board member ofCenter on Budget and Policy Priorities,
Social Security Advisory Board

Henry Jacob Aaron (born 1936) is an American policy analyst and economist. He is the Bruce and Virginia MacLaury Senior Fellow in the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution, where he has been employed since 1968.[1] He served as director of the program from 1990 through 1996.[1]

Aaron was nominated to the Social Security Advisory Board (SSAB) by President Barack Obama, receiving confirmation to the post by the United States Senate in 2014. He served as chairman of the Board of the SSAB.[2] He has been a proponent of a single-payer health care system,[3][4] though he has questioned the feasibility of implementation in the United States.[5]

  1. ^ a b "Henry J. Aaron". Brookings Institution. 2016-05-04. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Update: New Social Security Advisory Board Members Confirmed". Yahoo News. Social Security Advisory Board. September 9, 2014. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  3. ^ Rivlin, Alice (1992). Reviving the American Dream: The Economy, the States & the Federal Government. Brookings Institution Press. p. 163. ISBN 9780815791683.
  4. ^ Fitzgerald, Jay (January 25, 2015). "Costs derail Vermont's dream of a single-payer health plan". Boston Globe. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  5. ^ Aaron, Henry (January 26, 2016). "The impossible (pipe) dream". Brookings Institution. Retrieved 19 July 2017.