Description: This session discusses: 1. The Robert Wood Johnson RWJ - public/private partnership, 2. the Hawaii initiative, 3. the American Association of Retired Persons - AARP - position and 4. federal initiatives with respect to long term care financing

Description: Description of French long term care claim evaluation system

Description: This article highlights Living to 100 sessions on current aging policy issues in the UK, the US and Canada as well as what can be done by individuals.

Description: Panelists discuss recent actions and proposals in regard to U. S. Social Security and the Canadian Pension Plan CPP, including, -considerations in 'privatizing' social security programs, -the introduction of the new Canadian 'Seniors' Benefits', -a framework for analyzing Social Security options, and -the impact of changes in Social Security on early and normal retirement ages. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: This is Part 2 of a summary of the new, upcoming Social Insurance Law in China. Part 1 was presented in the July 2011 issue of 'In the Public Interest.'

Description: This paper explores how an intragenerational funding approach might spread the risks from those older persons who live longer to those who do not live so long and from those who are healthier or less dependent to those who are less healthy or more dependent.

Description: Essay recommending establishing a consistent and actuarially sound foundation for assessing the costs and benefits of each and every current and new Medicare or other healthcare proposal.

Description: The article describes the insurance industry's preparation for pandemic events and the public finance response.

Description: Feature article explaining voluntary Social Security coverage of state and local government employees.

Description: In this discussion, members of the panel, provided case history illustrations of what can be done by way of actuarial service in legislative and administrative matters.