Description: 1993 SOA Spring Meeting, San Diego. President GERALD FORD gave his predictions as to what he thought would happen in Washington on some of the controversial issues that were on the agenda. Topics included taxes, the deficit, defense budget increases, health care reform, international trade, and foreign policy.

Description: Budget concerns should not be allowed to override sound actuarial rate development in setting Medicaid capitation rates.

Description: Update on the proceedings of the March 2010 NAIC meeting.

Description: 1994 SOA Meeting, San Antonio. This session provided an update from representatives of the IRS and the Department of the Treasury on several topics including: 1. PBGC issues. 2. Social Security issues. 3. Health care issues. 4. Title I issues. 5. Broad principles underlying some remedial amendment period issues.

Description: In this session 2PD of the 2004 Valuation Actuary Symposium panelists share their perspectives on valuation-actuary-related issues, including the hot issues from a regulatory concern.

Description: Summary of the December 2003 NAIC Meeting

Description: These reports cover two Canadian topics. First is a summary of the Carter Commission Report that proposes a radically different tax system. Second is a report on the status of government involvement in health care.

Description: The panel will present a discussion by several experts on reform activity at the state level, including a review of some initial results. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 21, No. 4a.

Description: Last March, Congress passed and the President signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act followed by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, which amended the former collectively, the “Act”. The article provides a brief background on the passage of the Act generally and the creation of the new Investment Income Tax in particular compares the existing provisions of the HI tax with the newly enacted provisions, and it then analyzes the import of the Investment Income Tax for annuities and, possibly, life insurance contracts. The article concludes with thoughts on the potential effect of the new tax on the annuity marketplace.

Description: This discussion at the SOA 1967 Annual Meeting covers three topics. First is the Carter Commission Report that recommends radical changes to the Canadian tax system. Second is a report on U.S. federal government activities in the health market. Third is an update on variable annuities.