Description: This article discusses whether the health insurance is affordable given average income levels in the US.

Description: Description of US Social Security COLA effective December 2024 and other automatic adjustments effective for 2025

Description: In April, 2009, the Chinese government launched the most comprehensive Health Care System Reform ever. The goal: to establish and improve the basic health care system covering most urban and rural residents, and to provide the people with safe, effective, convenient and affordable health care. There is no doubt that this 'Made in China' health care reform will become the world’s most extensive health care system reform because it will inevitably affect many players in the game such as the local governments who currently administrate the program, the medical professionals who provide the care, the pharmaceutical manufacturers who provide the medicines, and the very large population who participate in the program, etc. This article summarizes the highlights of China's health care reform program.

Description: January 2014 issue of In the Public Interest

Description: Editorial for the January 2020 issue of In The Public Interest.

Description: In this article the author chides the authors of the 'SUMMARY OF THE 2010 ANNUAL REPORTS SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE BOARDS OF TRUSTEES' for presenting biased 'misinformation and disinformation in their Message to the Public, and for their contribution to public ignorance about Social Security and Medicare financing.' He attributes this to the fact that the Boards are devoid of public trustees, and consist solely of partisan political appointees.

Description: The chairperson of the Social Insurance and Public Finance Section discussed the section's accomplishments, ongoing activities, and plans for future projects.

Description: Letters to the editor of In The Public Interest discussing social insurance articles from the previous issue.

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.