Description: This editorial mentions four issues from the recent Social Security Trustee's Report that will each be covered in more depth in future editorials.

Description: This article focuses on the differences between U.S. and Canadian policy making processes, especially as it relates to social insurance.

Description: The U.S. Bureau of the Census has rightfully earned a reputation for technical excellence. However, the author has run across an instance where this venerable, distinguished agency went sadly astray - namely, in connection with the number and proportion of employees of state and local governments who are covered by Social Security and Disability Insurance.

Description: This article talks about the future of Canada/Québec Pension Plans C/QPP and summarizes the Report of the Task Force on Social Security Financing. This reports compares the Canadian system to seven other social insurance systems and suggest four possible changes to the C/QPP that would reduce costs.

Description: This article discusses the increasing costs of Canada's social programs for retirement income and national health care.

Description: This article discusses the financial imbalance of the Canadian Pension Plan and the need for changes.

Description: Feature article describing the need and reasoning for the new SOA Section, Social Insurance and Public Finance.

Description: Article from The Actuary, October 1971 – volume 5 - Issue 8 is a review of report prepared by Frank M. Kleiler for the United States Department of Labor on the European regulation of public and private pension plans.

Description: The military retirement system is a funded, noncontributory, defined-benefit plan that includes nondisability retired pay, disability retired pay, and survivor annuity programs. This article discusses the additional benefits created by the Military Retirement Reform Act of 1986.

Description: This article describes the proposed government pension akin to Social Security legislation in the UK Parliament.