Description: Panelists discuss recent actions and proposals in regard to U. S. Social Security and the Canadian Pension Plan CPP, including, -considerations in 'privatizing' social security programs, -the introduction of the new Canadian 'Seniors' Benefits', -a framework for analyzing Social Security options, and -the impact of changes in Social Security on early and normal retirement ages. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 23, No. 3.

Description: Panel discussion of national, state, and provincial developments in health care policy and regulation. Presented at the 1975 annual meeting.

Description: Panelists provide: [1] a summary of legal issues and recent federal court cases regarding employee and retiree benefit plans, and [2] discussion of three research papers providing new thought and insight involving the perspective of many disciplines about the aging population and changing family structures in the U.S. and around the world. From the 2002 Record of Society of Actuaries, Volume 28, No. 2. Session 143TS of the San Francisco Spring Meeting.

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: Panelists discuss several methods for implementation of the Balanced Budget Act requirement that the Medicare program adopt a risk adjustment mechanism for implementation in the year 2000. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 25, No. 2.

Description: At this presentation from Session 72D of the SOA 1996 Colorado Springs Meeting, the panelists debate legislative changes to the Medicare program. Included is an overview of the changes in the 1995 legislation, expected savings in the Federal budget, a debate as to the realism of these expected savings, reaction of enrollees, and a discussion of anticipated effects on the private sector of the healthcare system. From the Record of the Society of Actuaries, Vol. 22, No. 2.

Description: This is a discussion of the paper, 1954 Amendments to the Social Security Act by Robert J. Myers. From Transactions of Society of Actuaries 1955, Vol. 7, No. 19.