Description: Panelists discuss different aspects of self-selection among Medicare options. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.

Description: The American Academy of Actuaries is engaged in several projects that proactively examine the future status of the Medicare Program. This session presents the findings that have resulted from these efforts. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 24, No. 2.

Description: A Mexican actuary discusses his career, the challenges of different insurance markets in different cultures, the value of sharing knowledge across countries and across professions, and the latest public policy regarding solvency models.

Description: Article focusing on the current and future state of health insurance in the U.S.

Description: A discussion of the similarities and differences in social security benefit design, indexation, and financing in Canada, the United States and other countries.

Description: Summary of two SOA/CIA joint Canadian research projects: A REVIEW OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE CANADIAN HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND RETIREMENT SYSTEM RESEARCH.

Description: A list of acronyms for the names of the agencies, unions, and other organizations and entities involved in the French social insurance, health policy, and long-term care environment.

Description: A consideration of the issues involved in adding long-term care provisions to the social security system in France, and how the conditions differ from those in the U.S.

Description: This is a discussion of the paper by Samuel Eckler titled, 'State Hospital Insurance in Canada'. The comments refer to the cost of providing the public healthcare and the level of cost sharing.

Description: State hospital insurance has been operating in two Canadian provinces - British Columbia and Saskatchewan - for a number of years. This study of the provisions and experience of these two provincial plans is intended to shed some light on the question of publicly funded health insurance.