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 01, 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 03, 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 01, 2006)

Pension Committee analysis of congressional pension funding reform proposals, updating a previous analysis from February 2005. (March 01, 2006)

Multiemployer Plans Task Force analysis of the multiemployer plan provisions included in current pension funding reform legislation. (November 07, 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 of retirement savings proposals from the Bush administration.
(August 01, 2005)

Pension Committee analysis, updated from 2003, of retirement savings proposals from the Bush administration. (August 01, 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 08, 2005)

Pension Committee fact sheet examining credit balance options for defined benefit pension funding reform. (March 01, 2005)

Pension Practice Council and Pension Committee analysis of pension funding reform for single-employer pension plans. (February 01, 2005)

Pension Committee policy paper analysis of current funding and accounting fundamentals for
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 01, 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 01, 2004)

Pension Committee summary of a draft paper on principles for revising pension funding rules. (February 01, 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)

Pension Committee paper that discusses the reasons why Congress should alter the discount rate calculation for determining lump-sums given historically low interest rates and provides information on possible transition rules for such a change. (June 17, 2003)

Health Practice Council white paper addressing issues for consideration in the debate over a prescription drug program under Medicare. (April 30, 2003)

Terrorism/Extreme Events Work Group monograph examining the impact of catastrophic terrorist events on group and health coverage, including medical benefits and non-medical benefits such as group life, disability, and long-term care. (December 02, 2002)

Extreme Events Committee monograph addressing terrorism-risk insurance coverage in the aftermath of September 11th. (May 01, 2002)

Retiree Health Work Group outline of six possible approaches that could be used as “safe harbor” methods for meeting nondiscrimination-testing requirements under EEOC guidelines for retiree health care plans. (April 11, 2002)

EEOC-ADEA and Retiree Health Work Group outline of six possible methods for addressing the ruling in Erie County Retirees Association vs. Erie County. (April 11, 2002)

Mass Tort Work Group overview of asbestos issues and trends. (December 01, 2001)

Catastrophe Management Work Group monograph on insurance industry catastrophe management practices. (June 01, 2001)

Committee on Life Insurance Financial Reporting (COLIFR) report on its GAAP survey.
(April 02, 2001)

Life Insurance Financial Reporting Committee comments on the New York State Insurance Department's draft survey about VAGLBs. (January 24, 2001)

Health Organization Risk Based Capital Task Force's March 2000 progress report to the NAIC on LTC model regulation. (August 14, 2000)

Medicare Reform Task Force monograph on one option available to provide prescription drug coverage to seniors – adding prescription drug coverage to Medicare. (July 03, 2000)