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Public Policy Papers
Printer-friendly versionJoint Academy/SOA technical report and webcast on the start-up capital requirements for health care cooperatives and/or a public plan option. (November 2, 2009)
Financial Reporting Committee white paper and notes on the use of discount rates in accounting present value estimates. (September 15, 2009)
Consumer-Driven Health Plans Work Group monograph summary of results from several experience studies on Consumer-Driven Health Plans. (May 1, 2009)
Risk Management and Financial Reporting Council white paper outlines risk management requirements for effective systemic risk regulation. (April 30, 2009)
Pension Committee and Social Security Committee joint work group document addressing better ways to educate the public about retirement planning. The committees suggest changes to current Social Security publications, specifically the "Thinking of Retiring?" special insert to the annual Social Security Statement for workers 55 or older and the "When to Start Receiving Retirement Benefits" publication (05-10147). (July 1, 2008)
Mass Torts Subcommittee monograph providing an overview of asbestos claim issues and trends. (August 1, 2007)
Medicare Steering Committee monograph highlighting various potential approaches for addressing Medicare's financial problems, along with a discussion of their relative strengths and weaknesses. The report also provides an overview of how Medicare is funded and its financial status. (June 30, 2007)
Premium Deficiency Reserves Work Group of the Health Practice Financial Reporting Committee discussion paper focuses on health premium deficiency reserves, with examples, common terms and references to authoritative guidance. (March 31, 2007)
Social Insurance Committee monograph presenting an overview of proposed reforms to the Social Security program. (January 1, 2007)
Health Practice Council fact sheet highlighting findings from a study released by the Society of Actuaries that provides insights into the costs among nonsmokers exposed to secondhand smoke. (October 3, 2006)
Pension Committee analysis of possible means by which employers that sponsor defined benefit (DB) pension plans are kept responsible for their pension promises. (May 1, 2006)
Pension Committee analysis of congressional pension funding reform proposals, updating a previous analysis from February 2005. (March 1, 2006)
Multiemployer Plans Task Force analysis of the multiemployer plan provisions included in current pension funding reform legislation. (November 7, 2005)
Health Practice Council backgrounder on issues that should be considered in efforts to design a government-sponsored medical reinsurance program. (September 30, 2005)
Pension Committee analysis, updated from 2003, of retirement savings proposals from the Bush administration. (August 1, 2005)
Pension Committee analysis of retirement savings proposals from the Bush administration.
(August 1, 2005)
(August 1, 2005)
Pension Committee analysis of pension funding reform proposal released by Bush administration and that analysis later presented to a House Ways and Means subcommittee. (March 8, 2005)
Pension Committee fact sheet examining credit balance options for defined benefit pension funding reform. (March 1, 2005)
Pension Practice Council and Pension Committee analysis of pension funding reform for single-employer pension plans. (February 1, 2005)
Pension Committee policy paper analysis of current funding and accounting fundamentals for
private-sector pension plans. (July 16, 2004)
private-sector pension plans. (July 16, 2004)
"The Questions Candidates Should Answer About ... Americans Without Health Insurance" (An Election 2004 Guide to Analyzing the Issues). (March 1, 2004)
This 2004 election guide for journalists, policy-makers and citizens to use as they evaluate the candidates’ Medicare proposals. It summarizes several Medicare issues and suggests questions that should be considered when analyzing any proposed changes to the Medicare program. (March 1, 2004)
Pension Committee summary of a draft paper on principles for revising pension funding rules. (February 1, 2004)
Defined Contribution Health Plan Work Group monograph providing an actuarial model to illustrate the impact of CDHPs on health costs. The monograph examines the theoretical impact of a shift to CDHPs on the various health care system participants. (January 31, 2004)
Health Practice Council white paper addressing issues for consideration in the debate over a prescription drug program under Medicare. (April 30, 2003)
