Social Security Committee issue brief examining annuitization of Social Security individual accounts.
(November 01, 2001)

Task Force on Long-Term Care issue brief discussing the actuarial and public policy implications of using federal tax incentives to encourage the purchase of private long-term care insurance. (August 01, 2001)

Prescription Drug Coverage Work Group issue brief outlining the programs available in the private sector that provide prescription drugs for seniors and to further discuss issues related to prescription drug coverage for this population. The issue brief complements the monograph, "Providing Prescription Drug Coverage for Medicare Beneficiaries," which was released in July 2000.

(July 02, 2001)

Managed Care Reform Work Group issue brief assisting policymakers in understanding the scope of applicability of proposed pateient protection legislation and the ability of enrollees to file legal action against their health plan. (June 01, 2001)

Executive summary of the issue brief on the Effects of Proposed Patient Protection Legislation on Managed Care (June 01, 2001)

Managed Care Reform Work Group issue brief exploring actuarial issues in a number of the managed care bills being considered by Congress and state legislatures. (December 01, 1999)

Task Force on Genetic Testing in Health Insurance issue brief intended to help policymakers better understand the risk classification process. (February 28, 1999)

Automobile Insurance Task Force issue brief identifying and analyzing the actuarial implications of a variety of auto choice reform proposals. (June 30, 1998)

Task Force on Genetic Testing issue brief on genetic information and voluntary life insurance. (June 01, 1998)

Work Group on Medicare Expansion issue brief discussing the actuarial aspects and potential impact of the Clinton Administration proposal to expand the Medicare program to allow certain individuals between the ages of 55 and 64 to participate on a voluntary "buy-in" basis. The buy-in expansion is intended to be essentially self-supporting financially when viewed over the lifetime of program participants. (January 01, 1998)

Task Force on Genetic Testing issue brief on risk classification in voluntary life insurance. (June 02, 1997)

Work Group on Medical Malpractice Reform issue brief providing an analysis of the impact of state reforms and offering comments to state and federal officials when considering national tort reform. (November 30, 1996)

The Social Security Committee released an updated monograph and issue brief on individual equity and social adequacy as those principles apply to Social Security reform options. The monograph and issue brief compare three different Social Security reform proposals using individual equity and social adequacy—two of the important principles underlying the program—and provide details on each of the proposals and examine the data used in the illustrations. 

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