Description: At its June 21, 1982 meeting, the National Commission on Social Security Reform discussed whether continued mortality improvement justifies raising the normal retirement age. Also discussed was the reported increase in morbidity. This article is a summary of the discussion.

Description: This reporter spoke with Robert J. Myers ahout his role as Executive Director of the National Commission on Social Security Reform.

Description: Article from The Actuary, May 1983, volume no. 17, issue no. 5 that highlights the actuarial profession during the December 10th, 1982 meeting of the National Commission on Social Security Reform. The Commission's Executive Director directed attention to a Washington Post article reporting that the Social Security actuaries were thinking of decreasing their fertility assumptions for the 1983 Trustees Report.