Description: Mark Smith interviews Helen Hubbard, associate chief counsel (Financial Institutions and Products) in the IRS Office of Chief Counsel.

Description: Introduction to population health, a collaborative discipline that seeks to leverage all the determinants of health personal behaviors, medical care and the public health infrastructure, as well as the social and economic context at the community and national level to maximize the health of populations.

Description: Discusses letter by Ray M. Peterson, F.S.A. to the New York Times re Social Security.

Description: Book review: George W. Bush memoir

Description: A brief description of the experiences that come along with being an editor for an SOA section newsletter.

Description: An announcement of the roster of the newly reconvened Health Section Research Committee, and an invitation to propose, participate in, and read about the committee's projects. informal RFP to solicit research project ideas, invitationto join project oversight groups and

Description: Article Editorial by Vogel in The Actuary, December 1979, Volume 13, Number 10. Actuary aspires to be a highly valued professional in the general public.

Description: This article provides some state officials' responses to a request for information from legislators related to the study and reform of Medicaid long-term care (LTC) eligibility and estate recovery rules. In those replies, there is strong evidence that Medicaid eligibility and estate recovery rules are subject to frequent and egregious abuses.

Description: Discusses ways to better assess school performance.

Description: Summarizes Actuarial Notes 98 and 99 - Nov. 1979 and Jan. 1980. Also summarizes a booklet entitled History of the Provisions of Old-Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance 1935- 1979, Social Security Administration ,Baltimore, MD, January 1980.