Description: This session discussed: Emerging trends in government financing, availability and scope of public programs Medicare supplement products implications New opportunities for the private sector e.g., Medicare Health Maintenance Organizations Future Federal Insurance Contributions Act Tax. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 11, No. 1 San Francisco

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 section presents book reviews and summarizes recent publications on subjects that include U.K. social insurance, financing of hospital care, state examinations of life companies, approximate valuation of life and health insurance, mortality forecasting, and valuing estate tax.

Description: This is a panel discussion focusing on Social Security. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1959, Vol. 11, No. 31.

Description: This document is a meeting session summary. The meeting occurred at the 1976 SOA Spring Meeting in Washington D.C. The session compared and contrasted educational and experience requirements for actuaries and economists, costs of long range social insurance programs, costs of short range programs, economic analysis of the effects of social insurance programs and cooperation between the two professions to analyze social insurance programs.

Description: This is a discussion of the paper, Actuarial Aspects of the Railroad Retirement System by Joseph Musher. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 4.

Description: This paper summarizes the legislative history in 1966 and 1967 of the amendments to Social Security, including Medicare and Medicaid, that were enacted and of the significant Unemployment Insurance legislation that was almost enacted. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1968, Vol. 20, Pt. 1, No. 57.

Description: This discussion reviewed Social Insurance and the developments made in Congress during 1949, social security legislation in Canada and the experience to date with the National Health Services Act is examined. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1949, Vol. 1, No. 1.

Description: This session discussion is about current issues in U.S. social security and Medicare programs. From Record of the Society of Actuaries Vol. 15, No. 3B.

Description: This paper examines the Social Insurance system of New Zealand and analyzes the system in its various components. This paper is followed by a discussion. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1950, Vol. 2, No. 4.