Description: Feature article presenting a synopsis of the Social Insurance and Public Finance Pension Sub-committee.

Description: This article consists of a point-counterpoint dialogue addressing important aspects of social insurance programs. It discusses the desirability and advantages of these programs that provide financial assistance to those who are retired, disabled, ill or unemployed.

Description: Panel session discussion of how universal access, quality of care, and controlling health care costs are being addressed in Latin American countries.

Description: Summary of House of Representatives Tri-Committee Bill – H.R. 3200.

Description: In this article, the author discusses the partisan politics in Taiwan, including its impact on the country's national health care system.

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.

Description: Letters to the editor of In The Public Interest discussing social insurance articles from the previous issue.

Description: The paper addresses the issue of cost-sharing reductions under the Affordable Care Act.

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: The International Actuarial Association Health Section, the Society of Actuaries International Section, and American Academy of Actuaries (AAA) published the report “International Health Care Funding 2020”. This article highlights the features of the report.