Description: Part Two of a 3 part discussion of: Social Security System for the 21st Century. This part outlines some of the key characteristics of the viable social security system of the 21st century.

Description: This article presents a view of health care as an economic system, suggests a framework for classifying current criticisms of the system, and offers references for further reading.

Description: A review of the latest of a series of reports from Statistics Canada, covering data from various Canadian social benefits programs for 1971-1977.

Description: This article offers a big picture of PRNR research, and provides brief summaries of research on risks, decisions, financial wellness, advice, and software.

Description: Panelists provide: [1] a summary of legal issues and recent federal court cases regarding employee and retiree benefit plans, and [2] discussion of three research papers providing new thought and insight involving the perspective of many disciplines about the aging population and changing family structures in the U.S. and around the world. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2. Session 143TS of the San Francisco Spring Meeting.

Description: A proposal to reform current health care market, from a 'preferred payer' system, in which Medicare and Medicaid pay less than the true cost while others must then pay more, to a 'value for money' system. This would be achieved by requiring providers to bill all patients the same rate for the same services, with a standard bundling format to make all providers' rate differences transparent. Differences between billed charges and what Medicare pays would be made up by the Medicare patient, rather than subsidized by those outside of Medicare.

Description: This symposium provides new thought, insight and easy dialogue between many disciplines as professionals discuss the ways the aging population and changing family structures are changing retirement today. Differences between the U.S. and Canada are discussed. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2, Session 143

Description: Impact investing is investments in “companies, organizations and funds with the intention to generate social impact alongside a financial return”.

Description: Transcript of General Session 1:Implications of Longer Life Spans: What Does This All Mean to Us?

Description: Industry briefings and SOA news