Description: Overview of a new research project undertaken by SIPF on the topic of OPEB funding in the US.

Description: Overview of research project to investigate the extent of funding of public government retiree health programs.

Description: Letter from the January 2010 issue of In The Public Interest in which the Social Insurance and Public Finance Section council chamber discusses the new section.

Description: Personal highlights of a pension actuary's 10 years with the U.S. Social Security Administration and Senate staff, applying his experience and skills to emerging issues. He recommended that the Thrift Savings Plan for federal employees use index funds for common stocks, giving employees an attractive way to invest while keeping politics out of stock selection.

Description: Article describes several options for limiting increases in health care costs and urges actuarial profession to be more proactive in asdvocating for reform.

Description: Discussion about career events for an actuary working on health care reform

Description: This is a report on the Session 19 Panel Discussion at the Society of Actuaries October 2011 Annual Meeting. The session explored what it means to act in the public interest.

Description: An introduction to the National Academy of Social Insurance and how actuaries can contribute.

Description: Comparison of Healthy Michigan and Healthy Indiana Plan Medicaid expansion programs.

Description: The article discusses what actuaries mean by "acting in the public interest." While the article is focused on the U.S. environment, it includes materials describing how other actuarial organizations are addressing this critical issue. The article concludes with observations that explaining to the public what the actuarial profession means by "acting in the public interest" is important for both the public and the members of the U.S. actuarial profession.