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.

Description: This paper is from Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955 Volume 7, Number 17. The author describes the 1954 amendments to Social Security, with a comparison to the 1950 and 1952 amendments, all of which primarily affected the Old-Age and Survivors Insurance [OASI] system, increasing benefits. Data on experience under the 1950 and 1952 amendments is provided. The author discusses the major changes enacted under the 1954 amendments, among them extension of coverage, increases in benefits and an increase in the maximum wages subject to contributions.

Description: These are the abstract, outline, graphs and tables of the paper “Conclusions from Michigan Studies of Social Security Financing”. By such studies we mean the papers prepared during the past five years by actuarial students and Cecil Nesbitt, and which have appeared in ARCH. The paper is in three parts: A lengthy Abstract, followed by 17 pages of text, graphs, tables and references. The third part is a 10 page Appendix which gives the proofs of text statements.

Description: The article first tries to determine a consensus view of what social security should accomplish and then tries to measure how well the current level of benefits succeeds in meeting these goals. Assessing benefit adequacy is an essential element in putting the overall program on a sound financing footing.

Description: An analysis of the revamped state sponsored retirement income pension gives insight into design and funding elements that might figure in reforming social security in the United States.

Description: A Paper to Note The Vital Connection, an ERIC Publication by Joseph Applebaum from Pension Section News, February 1999, Issue No. 39.

Description: Article from The Actuary, March 1972 – volume 6 - Issue 3 that illustrates the Social Security Bill H.R. 1 for beneficiaries already on the rolls and for people who will come onto the benefit rolls in the near future that the benefit increases provided by H.R. 1 would be equivalent to cost of living increases.

Description: This article from The Actuary, April 1971, volume 5, Issue 4 is about Social Security and Medicare. This note compares actual experience for both fiscal year 1970 and calendar year 1970 with the short-range cost estimates given in the 1970 Trustees’ Reports.

Description: This article provides comments on some of the economic and demographic forecasts in the 1976 OASDI Report Social Security.

Description: This is an article about Social Security disabled-worker experience 1979-1982.