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: This e-course describes social insurance programs, their operation and the current issues they are facing.

Description: Explore SOA-sponsored research on Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) during the How Does Where You Live Impact Your Health webcast. Dive into SDOH data and modeling that will focus on cluster analysis. This will help determine the overall impact of your area's affect on your health and life. This webcast also covers an overview of the existing SDOH-related programs that may affect or intersect with health plan or provider SDOH initiatives. Discover the importance of the place you live and future impact of your overall health.

Description: The SOA Research Institute Health Care Cost Trends Strategic Research Program and Health Section Council Committees are seeking researchers to compare the intended effects of the ACA and its amendments since the implementation of each provision.

Description: The prospects of longer retirement durations driven by the continued improvement in mortality, changes in social insurance “normal” retirement ages, and/or socio-economic factors, have made several decisions about retirement more important.

Description: Description of Social Security COLA for December 2020 and wage-indexed program parameters for 2021.

Description: This article predicts the gap between the full U.K. Basic State Pension [BSP] and household expenditure in 2056 for a range of different dynamic inflation [Consumer Price Index, or CPI] predictions. The best and worst case scenario and the average surplus and deficit are detailed and analyzed in order to determine whether the BSP is sufficient to cover the expenditures for a state pension dependent single person and married couple.

Description: This is Part 2 of a summary of the new, upcoming Social Insurance Law in China. Part 1 was presented in the July 2011 issue of 'In the Public Interest.'

Description: Feature article explaining voluntary Social Security coverage of state and local government employees.

Description: This article highlights Living to 100 sessions on current aging policy issues in the UK, the US and Canada as well as what can be done by individuals.