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News Release: Actuaries Respond to President Obama’s Proposed Budget
WASHINGTON – April 11, 2013 – As policy makers debate changes to Social Security and Medicare in the 2014 federal budget proposed by President Obama, the nation’s actuaries urge them to…Date Published: 04/11/2013
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AAA forms LTCI terminations work group
LifeHealthPro.comDate Published: 04/08/2013
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Health care defies predictions
Daily ReflectorDate Published: 03/12/2013
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News Release: Actuaries: Let Defined-Benefit Plans Raise Retirement Age to Align with Social Security
WASHINGTON – March 7, 2013 – Raising the maximum allowable normal retirement age in defined-benefit retirement plans would align U.S. pension policy more closely with Social…
Topics: Retirement Social Security
Date Published: 03/07/2013
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News Release: CMS Chief Actuary Nomination Requires Actuarial Independence and Qualification
WASHINGTON – Feb. 20, 2013 – In a letter to President Obama, top administration officials, and the Senate Finance Committee, the American Academy of Actuaries urges Academy membership…Date Published: 02/20/2013
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N.C. GOP relying on specious claims to get Medicaid bill closer to passage
IndyWeek.com
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 02/13/2013
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State of Illinois’ record of shorting pensions goes back decades
AledoTimesRecord.comDate Published: 02/13/2013
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State of the Union: Opportunity to Refocus on Sustainability Reforms, Not Just Budget Cuts
WASHINGTON – Feb. 11, 2013 – When President Obama talks about avoiding sequesters and reducing federal budget deficits during his State of the Union on Tuesday night, the American…Date Published: 02/12/2013
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Medicaid expansion leads Chamber’s list of legislative priorities
Nashville Post
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 02/07/2013
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Op-Ed: Expanding Medicaid – Insuring jobless is right, costs less than their ER care
FayObserver.com
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 02/07/2013
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Reps. Butterfield, Price and Watt to General Assembly: Rejecting Medicaid Expansion Would Hurt N.C. Economy, Devastate Working Families
Congressman G.K. Butterfield
Topics: Medicare / Medicaid
Date Published: 02/07/2013
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Chief Medicare Actuary Retires: Academy Applauds Foster’s Service to Public and Profession
WASHINGTON – 1 Feb. 2013 – The American Academy of Actuaries offered a heartfelt thank you to Richard S. Foster, who is retiring this week as Centers for Medicare & Medicaid…Date Published: 02/01/2013
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Legislators concerned about spiraling state pension obligations
Southern Connecticut’s The DayDate Published: 01/24/2013
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Stronger opt-out penalty needed to keep health care reform affordable
ColoradoanDate Published: 01/22/2013
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Putting On Obamacare
National ReviewDate Published: 01/17/2013
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News Release: Long-Term Care Commission Needs Actuary
WASHINGTON – 14 Jan. 2013 – In a letter to President Obama and congressional leaders today, the American Academy of Actuaries urged the appointment of an actuary to serve on the new…
Topics: Long-Term Care Solvency
Date Published: 01/14/2013
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Obamacare mandate may be ‘mandate plus’
PoliticoDate Published: 01/13/2013
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Insurance Analysts: Obamacare to Increase Out-of-Pocket Premium Costs, Despite Lavish Subsidies
ForbesDate Published: 01/12/2013
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Illinois: A Long History of Underfunded Pensions
Chicagomag.comDate Published: 12/19/2012
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News Release: Academy Looks at Means Testing as Means to Improve Social Security Solvency
Topics: Social Security Solvency
Date Published: 12/11/2012
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Benefit Groups Tailor Policy Agendas To Congressional Lame-Duck Session
Bloomberg BNADate Published: 12/11/2012
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Medi-Cal Expansion Needed in California
San Francisco ChronicleDate Published: 12/09/2012
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News Release: Academy Applauds NAIC Decision to Adopt Valuation Manual to Modernize Reserving System
Topics: NAIC
Date Published: 12/03/2012
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A Violin Without A Bow Is No Violin
The StoryDate Published: 11/30/2012
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Note To Morningstar: Municipal And State Pension Hemorrhage Accelerating
Watchdog.orgDate Published: 11/30/2012
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