Description: Presented at May 2000 Spring Meeting. Discusses the public policy issues regarding access to health insurance coverage. In particular, the speakers focus on the problem of the uninsured and on the debate of shifting from a primarily employer-sponsored financing of health-care coverage to an individual market system or greater government subsidies.

Description: This session discussion is about current issues in U.S. social security and Medicare programs. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3B.

Description: This session discussed: Emerging trends in government financing, availability and scope of public programs Medicare supplement products implications New opportunities for the private sector e.g., Medicare Health Maintenance Organizations Future Federal Insurance Contributions Act Tax. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 11, No. 1 San Francisco

Description: Summary of panel discussion on Social Security. Examines the developments and outlook concerning the President's recommendations to Congress for the U.S. OASI system, including extension of coverage, need to increase both the tax rate and taxable wage levels, and liberalization of benefit formula. Also looks at the current developments in Canada.

Description: This is a panel discussion focusing on Social Security. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 31.

Description: This document is from the Digest of Informal Discussion, Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955 Volume 7, Number 17. It provides the names of the individuals contributing to the discussion along with a summary of their remarks. The discussion covers social security in Canada and the U.S., including principles underlying recent and prospective developments, inconsistency and overlapping among different systems, types of benefits and benefit levels, use of private carriers and self-administered plans, and types of plans and coverages.

Description: This session is about managed workers' compensation/24-hour health care current activities, legal considerations, casualty actuary perspective, and potential role of utilization review organizations. From Record of Society of Actuaries Vol. 19, No. 1A.

Description: As baby boomers continue aging into Medicare, prescription drug plans (PDPs) will continue to be an option to meet prescription drug needs. Several new PDPs introduced in 2019 address these needs, and we will share our experiences with implementing, pricing and operationalizing a new PDP, including how this product integrates across the enterprise. While we will discuss topics specific to launching a PDP, several of the concepts can be generalized to starting other insurance product lines within an organization.

Description: In session 122 IF of the Washington Annual Meeting panelists discuss the results of research that addresses the issue of whether Social Security is a regressive system with respect to both the Canadian and U.S. Social Security programs. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.